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# Kelmentsi

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Кельменці.

## English name

**Kelmentsi** — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Kelmentsy** — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- **Chelmenți** — Romanian historical and regional name explicitly recorded in English geographical references.
- **Kel’mentsi** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Kelʹmencì** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Kelʹment͡si** — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Кельменці** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.
- **Chelmenti** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Chelmenți for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Kelmentsi** — Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.

Other forms in use:

- **Chelmenți** — Romanian name for French matching of Bukovinian and Bessarabian sources; independent French prose use unverified.
- **Chelmenti** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Chelmenți for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Kelmentsi is a settlement in the Dniester district of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. It serves a farming area close to the Moldovan border.

## Notes

This is Kelmentsi in Chernivtsi Oblast, Romanian Chelmenți; no population or precise historical renaming date is inferred. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmentsi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmentsi.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1738337](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738337) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/kelmentsi/?format=json)


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