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: # Kakhovka A settlement in Ukraine; local name Каховка. ## English name **Kakhovka** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011. Other forms in use: - **Kahovka** — Simplified Latin transcription without the k in kh; secondary to the national romanization. ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym. - **Kachowka** — Polish/German-style historical spelling found in European geographical and military sources. - **Каховка** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form. ## French name **Kakhovka** — Same form as in English; established French geographical usage. Same spelling as in English; used in French geographical and historical writing. ## About Kakhovka is a city in Kherson Oblast on the lower Dnipro. River trade, agriculture and food processing shaped its development. ## Notes Distinct from Nova Kakhovka, the planned city beside the destroyed dam. The description avoids treating the former reservoir as an intact present feature. Identifiers: [Wikidata Q995152](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q995152) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/kakhovka/?format=json) Names and descriptions are written by the Elamur team; the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.