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# Khotyn

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Хотин.

## English name

**Khotyn** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Hotin** — Romanian historical name used in English accounts of Bessarabia. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified.
- **Chocim** — Polish historical name used in English histories of the battles at the fortress.
- **Khotin** — Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming.
- **Chotyn** — Historical Polish/German-mediated Latin spelling used in English references.
- **Хотин** — Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English.

## French name

**Khotyn** — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.

Other forms in use:

- **Khotine** — Older Russian-derived French form with final e, particularly in historical writing.
- **Chocim** — Polish form used in French histories of the fortress and its battles.
- **Hotin** — Romanian historical name used in French accounts of Bessarabia.

## About

Khotyn is a small city on the Dniester in Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its fortress is associated with major battles involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire.

## Notes

Hotin and Chocim remain relevant in English and French historical writing; Khotyn is the current Ukrainian national form. System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khotyn ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khotyn. Some reference requests failed during research; surviving checks and unresolved usage limitations are distinguished above.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q45883](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45883) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/khotyn/?format=json)


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