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# Obukhiv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Обухів.

## English name

**Obukhiv** — Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.

Other forms in use:

- **Obukhov** — Russian-based spelling encountered in older English maps, reporting and reference works; not the selected Ukrainian-based form.
- **Obuhìv** — ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage.
- **Обухів** — Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization.

## French name

**Oboukhiv** — French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.

Other forms in use:

- **Obukhiv** — International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice.
- **Oboukhov** — Russian-based French transcription, useful for older French geographical writing; not the selected Ukrainian-based form.

## About

Obukhiv is a city south of Kyiv in Kyiv Oblast. It serves as a local administrative and industrial centre near the western side of the Dnipro valley.

## Notes

Russian Obukhov and Ukrainian Obukhiv are language forms of the same name, not a recent legal renaming. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1011303](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1011303) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/obukhiv/?format=json)


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