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# Berezhany

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Бережани.

## English name

**Berezhany** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string.

Other forms in use:

- **Brzeżany** — Polish historical name widely used in English accounts of Galicia and Jewish history.
- **Brzezany** — Diacritic-free Polish historical spelling.
- **Berezhan** — Jewish historical name used in English memorial and genealogical writing.
- **Berežani** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- **Berez͡hany** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym.

## French name

**Berejany** — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.

Other forms in use:

- **Brzeżany** — Polish historical name used in French accounts of Galicia and interwar Poland.
- **Brzezany** — Accent-free Polish spelling common in older French print.
- **Berezhany** — International Ukrainian spelling used by French texts retaining Ukrainian name forms.

## About

Berezhany is a town in Ternopil Oblast on the Zolota Lypa River. Its castle and religious buildings reflect its past as a regional centre of eastern Galicia.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q793424](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q793424) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/berezhany/?format=json)


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