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# Hlukhiv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Глухів.

## English name

**Hlukhiv** — 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:

- **Glukhov** — Russian-based spelling encountered in older English maps, reporting and reference works; not the selected Ukrainian-based form.
- **Hlukhov** — Mixed Ukrainian-initial and Russian-ending form found in older English references.
- **Głuchów** — Historical Polish name used in English histories and family records.
- **Gluhìv** — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- **Глухів** — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.

## French name

**Hloukhiv** — French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.

Other forms in use:

- **Hlukhiv** — International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice.
- **Gloukhov** — Traditional Russian-based French form.
- **Gloukhof** — Older French historical spelling based on Russian, especially in older accounts of the Cossacks.

## About

Hlukhiv is a historic city in Sumy Oblast in north-eastern Ukraine. It served as a capital of the Cossack Hetmanate and retains important churches from that period.

## Notes

Not the Polish town Głuchów or other places with that name. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q864827](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864827) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/hlukhiv/?format=json)


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