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# Ochakiv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Очаків.

## English name

**Ochakiv** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical. The ALA-LC 2011 result is identical.

Other forms in use:

- **Ochakov** — Established Russian-based English name, prominent in histories of the fortress and its sieges.
- **Otchakov** — French historical spelling of the Russian name, especially in writing about the Ottoman fortress and Russian sieges.
- **Özi** — Ottoman Turkish name used in English Ottoman history.
- **Oczaków** — Polish historical name used in English discussions of the Polish–Ottoman borderlands.
- **Očakìv** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **Очаків** — Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles.

## French name

**Otchakiv** — French reference spelling, using tch for the sound written ch in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

Other forms in use:

- **Ochakov** — Russian-based international spelling in French name inventories; French prose commonly adapts ch to tch.
- **Otchakov** — Long-standing French historical form, still useful for the fortress and eighteenth-century sieges.
- **Özi** — Ottoman name for French historical searches; not a present-day French main.
- **Oczaków** — Polish name for French historical retrieval; frequency in French prose is unverified.
- **Ochakiv** — International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance.

## About

Ochakiv is a coastal town in Mykolaiv Oblast, overlooking the Dnieper–Bug estuary opposite the Kinburn Spit. Its former fortress controlled an important approach to the Black Sea.

## Notes

Özi is the Ottoman name; ancient settlements in the vicinity are not treated as unrestricted synonyms for the modern town.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q850072](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q850072) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/ochakiv/?format=json)


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