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# Nova Kakhovka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Нова Каховка.

## English name

**Nova Kakhovka** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.

Other forms in use:

- **Novaya Kakhovka** — Russian-based form commonly used in English reporting and older maps.
- **Nova Kahovka** — Simplified Latin transcription without kh; not the national 2010 spelling. ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Нова Каховка** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Nova Kakhovka** — Same Ukrainian-based form as in English; French reporting also uses Russian-based Novaïa Kakhovka.

Other forms in use:

- **Novaïa Kakhovka** — Russian-based French form with ï separating the vowels in Novaïa.
- **Novaya Kakhovka** — English-style Russian transcription also encountered in French reporting.

## About

Nova Kakhovka is a planned city in Kherson Oblast on the lower Dnipro. It was built around the Kakhovka hydroelectric project, whose dam was destroyed in 2023.

## Notes

Distinct from nearby Kakhovka. Do not describe the former reservoir or hydroelectric station as intact or operating.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q987491](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q987491) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/nova-kakhovka/?format=json)


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