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# Slutsk

A settlement in Belarus; local name Слуцк.

## English name

**Slutsk** — Established English spelling of the current city name; Belarusian and Russian source forms are distinguished in the alternatives.

Other forms in use:

- **Sluck** — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012. This historical standard is distinguished from the replacement domestic instruction of 2023.
- **Słuck** — Polish name, used when discussing the town in Polish historical or family sources; not the current local official form.
- **Слуцк** — Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources.
- **Sloutsk** — French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form.

## French name

**Sloutsk** — Graphie française du nom actuel de la ville ; les formes issues du biélorusse et du russe sont distinguées dans les variantes.

Other forms in use:

- **Sluck** — Romanisation géographique nationale biélorusse de 2007, recommandée par l’ONU en 2012 ; cette norme est distinguée de l’instruction nationale qui l’a remplacée en 2023.
- **Slutsk** — Romanisation biélorusse BGN/PCGN de 1979. Forme de recherche déduite de la norme ; certitude moyenne quant à l’emploi de cette graphie exacte en prose.
- **Słuck** — Nom polonais repris dans les travaux sur les sources historiques ou familiales polonaises ; ce n’est pas la forme officielle locale actuelle.
- **Слуцк** — Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales.

## About

Slutsk is a city on the Sluch River in Minsk Region in Belarus. Its name is associated with the ornate woven sashes once made for the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

## Notes

Slutsk is shared by established Russian-based and Belarusian BGN/PCGN 1979 spellings. Sluck is the Belarusian national 2007/UN 2012 form. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q201243](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201243) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/slutsk/?format=json)


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