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# Lokhvytsia

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Лохвиця.

## English name

**Lokhvytsia** — 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:

- **Lokhvitsa** — Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name.
- **Lokhvytsya** — Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using ya for я. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- **Lohvicâ** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- **Lokhvyt͡si͡a** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym.
- **Лохвиця** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English.

## French name

**Lokhvytsia** — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Lokhvitsa** — Russian-based form given in French reference material.

## About

Lokhvytsia is a town on the Lokhvytsia River in Poltava Oblast. Its older centre reflects a history as a Cossack administrative and trading settlement.

## Notes

Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q269512](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269512) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/lokhvytsia/?format=json)


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