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# Ceadîr-Lunga

A settlement in Moldova.

## English name

**Ceadîr-Lunga** — Romanian Latin-script name used locally and retained in English; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.

Other forms in use:

- **Ceadâr-Lunga** — Alternative Romanian spelling using â inside the word; recorded in English reference material.
- **Ceadir-Lunga** — Diacritic-free version of the Romanian spelling. Diacritic-free search and plain-text spelling of the local Latin name; not a separate official name.
- **Çadır-Lunga** — Gagauz Latin local name, quoted in English descriptions of Gagauzia.
- **Çadır** — Short Gagauz local name, also recorded in the Wikidata name inventory.
- **Chadyr-Lunga** — Russian-based spelling of Чадыр-Лунга, found in international English geographical material.
- **Ciadîr Lunga** — Variant spelling recorded in French reference material, which itself marks it as needing a source; low confidence in wider use.

## French name

**Ceadîr-Lunga** — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.

Other forms in use:

- **Ceadâr-Lunga** — Romanian orthographic variant for French searches; no claim of a distinct French exonym.
- **Ceadir-Lunga** — Romanian name without the circumflex, useful in French indexes and URLs. Same local name without its diacritics, useful in French indexes, URLs and plain-text sources.
- **Çadır-Lunga** — Gagauz name for French-language material about the autonomous region; not a French transcription.
- **Çadır** — Short Gagauz name; French textual frequency remains unverified.
- **Ciadîr Lunga** — Variant printed in the French reference entry with a citation-needed warning; low confidence in established French usage.

## About

Ceadîr-Lunga is a town in the autonomous region of Gagauzia in southern Moldova, in the Lunga valley near the Ukrainian border. It is an important local centre of Gagauz culture.

## Notes

Romanian and Gagauz are both relevant local naming languages; Çadır and Çadır-Lunga are Gagauz forms. Romanian î/â spelling variation is not a municipal renaming.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1012924](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1012924) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/moldova/ceadir-lunga/?format=json)


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