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# Letychiv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Летичів.

## English name

**Letychiv** — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.

Other forms in use:

- **Letichev** — Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name. Also a Yiddish-derived historical rendering.
- **Latyczów** — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- **Letytchiv** — French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form.
- **Letičìv** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- **Летичів** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
- **Летичев** — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.
- **Latyczow** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Latyczów for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Letytchiv** — French reference form with tch for ч; Letitchev is the Russian-derived French alternative.

Other forms in use:

- **Letitchev** — Russian-derived French reference form.
- **Latyczów** — Polish historical name used in French references to Podolia and its religious heritage.
- **Letychiv** — International Ukrainian spelling also found in French citations.
- **Latyczow** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Latyczów for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Letychiv is a settlement near the Southern Bug in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. Its former Dominican monastery is associated with a revered icon of the Mother of God, and remains of its fortress survive.

## Notes

Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letychiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letytchiv.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2431181](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2431181) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/letychiv/?format=json)


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