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# Balaklava

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Балаклава.

## English name

**Balaklava** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.

Other forms in use:

- **Balaclava** — Established historical English spelling, especially for the Crimean War battle and the garment named after it.
- **Balıqlava** — Crimean Tatar Latin-script name; relevant in English accounts of Crimean Tatar history.
- **Baliklava** — Diacritic-free rendering of the Crimean Tatar name.
- **Балаклава** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Balaklava** — Same spelling as in English; established French name for the harbour and the Crimean War battle.

Other forms in use:

- **Balaclava** — Historical French variant, especially in references to the Crimean War.
- **Balaklawa** — Older European spelling reported in historical reference lists; low confidence in specifically French textual use, so treat as a search aid.

## About

Balaklava is a harbour settlement within Sevastopol in southwestern Crimea. Its sheltered bay is overlooked by the ruins of a Genoese fortress and contains a former underground submarine base.

## Notes

UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty over Crimea. Balaklava is now within Sevastopol, not an independent city of the same municipal status as the other city records. No live occupation/control detail is inferred from the name.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q748363](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q748363) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/balaklava/?format=json)


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