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# Hîncești

A settlement in Moldova.

## English name

**Hîncești** — Current official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.

Other forms in use:

- **Hâncești** — Romanian spelling with â rather than the î retained in Moldova’s official place-name spelling.
- **Hînceşti** — Legacy Romanian typography with cedilla ş.
- **Kotovsk** — Soviet name, replaced by Hîncești in 1990.
- **Kotovschi** — Romanian rendering of the Soviet name, historical.
- **Hincesti** — Diacritic-free form of Hîncești.
- **Gancheshty** — Russian-based historical form from Ганчешты.
- **Hancesti** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Hâncești for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Hîncești** — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Hâncești** — Romanian â spelling also encountered in French texts; the Moldovan official place name retains î.
- **Hînceşti** — Legacy-cedilla typography in French references.
- **Kotovsk** — Soviet-era name for French historical retrieval, replaced in 1990.
- **Kotovschi** — Romanian version of the former name, found in French historical reference material.
- **Hincesti** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Hîncești for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
- **Hancesti** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Hâncești for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## About

Hîncești is a town southwest of Chișinău in central Moldova. The Manuc Bey estate is a major local landmark and a reminder of the area's nineteenth-century history.

## Notes

Moldovan official spelling retains î in Hîncești; Hâncești is an orthographic variant, not a civic renaming. Kotovsk was replaced in 1990.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1141853](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1141853) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/moldova/hincesti/?format=json)


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