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# Kalush

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Калуш.

## English name

**Kalush** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for contemporary English use.

Other forms in use:

- **Kałusz** — Polish name, used when discussing the town in Polish historical or family sources; not the current local official form.
- **Kalusz** — Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming.
- **Kaluš** — Scholarly transliteration using Slavist conventions; these conventions are not one single dated national standard.
- **Калуш** — Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources.
- **Kalouch** — French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form.

## French name

**Kalouch** — Transcription française du nom ukrainien actuel, retenue pour sa lisibilité en français ; la romanisation nationale figure aussi parmi les formes de recherche.

Other forms in use:

- **Kałusz** — Nom polonais repris dans les travaux sur les sources historiques ou familiales polonaises ; ce n’est pas la forme officielle locale actuelle.
- **Kalusz** — Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom.
- **Kalush** — Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification.
- **Kaluš** — Translittération savante selon les conventions slavistiques, qui ne constituent pas une seule norme nationale datée.
- **Калуш** — Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales.

## About

Kalush is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. Salt and potash deposits helped establish its long industrial tradition.

## Notes

Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q146453](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146453) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/kalush/?format=json)


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