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# Ilovaisk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Іловайськ.

## English name

**Ilovaisk** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Ilovaysk** — Older Ukrainian and Russian-mediated English spelling.
- **Ilovais’k** — Older Ukrainian transcription retaining the soft sign.
- **Ìlovajsʹk** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use.
- **Ilovays’k** — BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use.
- **Ilovaĭsʹk** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use.
- **Іловайськ** — Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym.
- **Ilovays'k** — ASCII apostrophe version of the BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian retrieval spelling; not an additional official name.

## French name

**Ilovaïsk** — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.

Other forms in use:

- **Ilovaisk** — International spelling without the French diaeresis.
- **Ilovaysk** — English-style spelling retained in some French source citations.

## About

Ilovaisk is a town in Donetsk Oblast whose development centred on a major railway junction. It became internationally known for the fighting and encirclement of Ukrainian forces there in 2014.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2415345](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2415345) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/ilovaisk/?format=json)


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