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# Kiliia

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Кілія.

## English name

**Kiliia** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Kiliya** — Older English rendering of the Ukrainian name, also produced by BGN/PCGN 1965. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form.
- **Kiliya Nova** — Extended historical distinguishing form meaning New Kiliya, used to distinguish it from the settlement across the Danube.
- **Chilia** — Romanian name used in English histories of Bessarabia and the Danube.
- **Chilia Nouă** — Romanian distinguishing name for the town on the Ukrainian bank, as opposed to Chilia Veche in Romania.
- **Chilia Noua** — Diacritic-free version of the Romanian distinguishing name.
- **Kilia** — Long-used international spelling, also the French reference form.
- **Kìlìâ** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- **Kilii͡a** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym.

## French name

**Kilia** — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.

Other forms in use:

- **Chilia** — Romanian form encountered in French historical accounts of Bessarabia.
- **Chilia Nouă** — Romanian distinguishing form used in French Danube geography; identifies the Ukrainian-bank town.
- **Chilia Noua** — Accent-free version of the Romanian historical name.
- **Kiliya** — Older international transcription, retained in some French maps and quoted sources.
- **Kiliia** — International Ukrainian spelling retained in French texts that follow Ukrainian name forms; see the English entry for the system.

## About

Kiliia is a town in Odesa Oblast on the northern arm of the Danube delta. Its position on the river gave it a long history as a trading port and a contested frontier settlement.

## Notes

Chilia Veche is the separate settlement on the Romanian bank; it is not an alternative name for this town.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q889966](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889966) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/kiliia/?format=json)


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