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# Bakhchysarai

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Бахчисарай.

## English name

**Bakhchysarai** — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.

Other forms in use:

- **Bakhchisaray** — Established Russian-based English form.
- **Bakhchisarai** — Traditional Russian-based spelling with final ai.
- **Bahçesaray** — Crimean Tatar Latin-script name, relevant to Crimean Tatar history.
- **Bakhchysaray** — Older Ukrainian-based English spelling with final ay.
- **Bakhchisaraj** — Scholarly-style Russian transliteration.
- **Bahčisaraj** — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- **Бахчисарай** — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.

## French name

**Bakhtchyssaraï** — Established French exonym with tch, ss and final aï; French spelling varies between Bakhtchyssaraï and Bakhtchissaraï.

Other forms in use:

- **Bakhtchissaraï** — Traditional French variant, especially in references to the palace and Pushkin’s poem.
- **Bakhchysarai** — International Ukrainian-based form also used in French sources.
- **Bakhchisaray** — International Russian-based form in French references.
- **Bahçesaray** — Crimean Tatar form used when discussing Crimean Tatar heritage.

## About

Bakhchysarai is a city in Crimea in the valley of the Churuk-Su river. It was a capital of the Crimean Khanate, and the khans’ palace remains its best-known monument.

## Notes

Crimea is internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory and has been occupied by Russia since 2014. The Crimean Tatar form is a living local name, not merely a historical exonym. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q158604](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158604) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/bakhchysarai/?format=json)


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