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# Kaniv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Канів.

## English name

**Kaniv** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.

Other forms in use:

- **Kanev** — Russian-based historical English name.
- **Kaniów** — Polish historical form used in English accounts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- **Kaniow** — Unaccented form of the Polish historical name.
- **Kanìv** — ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage.
- **Канів** — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.

## French name

**Kaniv** — Same as in English; Kaniv is used in French reference writing, while older Russian-mediated sources use Kaniev.

Other forms in use:

- **Kaniev** — Russian-based French geographical form.
- **Kanev** — International Russian-based spelling.
- **Kaniów** — Polish historical form used in discussions of the 1787 meeting with Catherine II.

## About

Kaniv is a town on the Dnipro in Cherkasy Oblast. Taras Shevchenko’s grave on a hill above the river makes it an important place of Ukrainian remembrance.

## Notes

French alternatives: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaniv . Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3\_0/rom2\_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q925340](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q925340) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/kaniv/?format=json)


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