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# Novovolynsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Нововолинськ.

## English name

**Novovolynsk** — 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. Modern English form without the soft-sign marker.

Other forms in use:

- **Novovolyns’k** — BGN/PCGN 1965 geographical romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Novovolinsʹk** — 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.
- **Novovolynsʹk** — ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Нововолинськ** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Novovolynsk** — Same current name as in English; retained here for French readers without claiming a separate established French exonym. Ukrainian-based spelling retained in French geographical writing.

## About

Novovolynsk is a mining city in Volyn Oblast in northwestern Ukraine, near the Polish border. It developed as a planned centre for the Lviv–Volyn coalfield.

## Notes

The name means New Volyn; no separate established English exonym is selected.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q591719](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q591719) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/novovolynsk/?format=json)


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