Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Translate](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Locations** This page as HTML: # Hostomel A settlement in Ukraine; local name Гостомель. ## English name **Hostomel** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. Other forms in use: - **Hostomel’** — Older Ukrainian transcription preserving the final soft sign. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form. - **Hostomel'** — ASCII soft-sign spelling. - **Gostomel** — Russian-mediated name prominent in international reporting about the airport. - **Gostomelʹ** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym. - **Hostomelʹ** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym. ## French name **Hostomel** — Same as in English; Hostomel is attested in Le Monde’s French reporting in 2022, alongside the competing Gostomel spelling. Other forms in use: - **Gostomel** — Russian-mediated spelling widely used in French reporting about the airport; Hostomel is also directly attested in Le Monde. ## About Hostomel is a settlement northwest of Kyiv in Kyiv Oblast. It is associated with glass production and with the Antonov cargo-aircraft airport, a major site of fighting in 2022. Identifiers: [Wikidata Q357038](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357038) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/hostomel/?format=json) Names and descriptions are written by the Elamur team; the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.