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# Chop

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Чоп.

## English name

**Chop** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).

Other forms in use:

- **Csap** — Hungarian historical or community name quoted in English Transcarpathian references.
- **Čop** — Slovak name quoted in English geographical references. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- **Tshop** — Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish historical and genealogical references.
- **Tchop** — French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym.
- **Чоп** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English.

## French name

**Tchop** — Attested French geographical reference spelling; follows French transcription conventions.

Other forms in use:

- **Csap** — Hungarian historical or community name retained in French accounts of Transcarpathia.
- **Čop** — Slovak form explicitly given in French references.
- **Chop** — International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above.
- **Cop** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Čop for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Chop is a small city in western Ukraine beside the borders with Hungary and Slovakia. It is an important railway junction where different track gauges meet.

## Notes

Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop,\_Ukraine ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchop.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q219193](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219193) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/chop/?format=json)


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