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# Dzhankoi

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Джанкой.

## English name

**Dzhankoi** — 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.

Other forms in use:

- **Dzhankoy** — Russian-based English spelling, common in older maps and current reporting. BGN/PCGN 1965 geographical romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Canköy** — Crimean Tatar Latin-script name, used in English accounts of Crimean Tatar geography and history.
- **Cankoy** — Diacritic-free rendering of the Crimean Tatar name.
- **Djankoi** — French-style spelling without the diaeresis, also seen in international references.
- **Džankoj** — ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Dz͡hankoĭ** — ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Джанкой** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Djankoï** — Established French transcription uses dj for дж and ï to keep the final vowels separate.

Other forms in use:

- **Djankoi** — French variant without the diaeresis.
- **Dzhankoi** — Same official Ukrainian Latin form as in English; used when French sources retain Ukrainian romanization.
- **Dzhankoy** — English-style Russian transcription sometimes reproduced in French reporting.
- **Canköy** — Crimean Tatar name retained in French texts discussing Crimean Tatar history and geography.

## About

Dzhankoi is a city and railway junction in northern Crimea. Its position on routes across the peninsula made transport and agricultural processing important to its development.

## Notes

UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty over Crimea. Canköy is a Crimean Tatar language form; differences between it and Dzhankoi are not a recent renaming.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q161978](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161978) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/dzhankoi/?format=json)


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