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# Horodok

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Городок.

## English name

**Horodok** — 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. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.

Other forms in use:

- **Gorodok** — Russian-based spelling in older English reference works; ambiguous without a region. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use.
- **Gródek Jagielloński** — Polish historical name, used in English accounts of Galicia.
- **Grodek Jagiellonski** — Diacritic-free form of the Polish historical name.
- **Gródek** — Polish short historical name.
- **Horodok (Lviv Oblast)** — English geographical disambiguation, not an additional official name.
- **Городок** — Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.

## French name

**Horodok** — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Gródek Jagielloński** — Historical Polish name used in French studies of Galicia.
- **Grodek Jagiellonski** — Accent-free form used in French indexes.
- **Gorodok** — Russian-mediated French historical form; specify the Lviv region.

## About

Horodok is a town west of Lviv, beside ponds on the Vereshchytsia River. Its churches and former Franciscan complex reflect its long history in Galicia.

## Notes

This is the Lviv Oblast Horodok, not the Khmelnytskyi Oblast town earlier in this batch.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q930449](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930449) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/horodok-q930449/?format=json)


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