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# Shchuchyn

A settlement in Belarus; local name Шчучын.

## English name

**Shchuchyn** — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.

Other forms in use:

- **Ščučyn** — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012.
- **Shchuchin** — Russian-based spelling used in English maps and records.
- **Szczuczyn** — Polish historical name, ambiguous with the present Polish town of that name.
- **Szczuczyn Nowogródzki** — Polish historical distinguishing name for this Belarusian town.
- **Szczuczyn Nowogrodzki** — Unaccented version of the Polish distinguishing name.
- **Шчучын** — Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.

## French name

**Chtchoutchyn** — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.

Other forms in use:

- **Chtchoutchine** — Russian-mediated French reference form.
- **Szczuczyn** — Polish historical form used in French accounts of the former Commonwealth.
- **Szczuczyn Nowogródzki** — Polish distinguishing form in French bibliographical work.
- **Ščučyn** — Belarusian Latin spelling retained in French reference tables.

## About

Shchuchyn is a town in Hrodna Region in western Belarus. Its palace and Piarist church complex reflect its connections with the aristocratic and educational history of the region.

## Notes

Not Szczuczyn in modern Poland. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling. The dated 2007/UN 2012 geographical system is distinguished from Belarus’s replacement domestic rules of 2023.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q431779](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431779) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/shchuchyn/?format=json)


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