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# Horodyshche

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Городище.

## English name

**Horodyshche** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical. The ALA-LC 2011 result is identical.

Other forms in use:

- **Gorodishche** — Russian-based English spelling of Городище.
- **Gorodichtche** — French transcription of the Russian name.
- **Horodyszcze** — Polish historical spelling used in English genealogical and borderland material.
- **Gorodiŝe** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **Городище** — Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles.

## French name

**Horodychtche** — French reference spelling, using chtch for the Ukrainian consonant written shch in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

Other forms in use:

- **Gorodichtche** — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French reference entry.
- **Horodyszcze** — Polish historical search form; French prose frequency is unverified.
- **Horodyshche** — International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance.

## About

Horodyshche is a town on the Vilshanka River west of Cherkasy in central Ukraine. It is the birthplace of the singer and composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.

## Notes

This record is for Horodyshche in Cherkasy Oblast, not the many villages with the same name.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q219869](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219869) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/horodyshche/?format=json)


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