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# Olevsk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Олевськ.

## English name

**Olevsk** — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.

Other forms in use:

- **Olewsk** — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- **Olevs’k** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- **Olevs'k** — Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form, for matching older name indexes.
- **Olevsʹk** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- **Олевськ** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
- **Олевск** — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.

## French name

**Olevsk** — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Olewsk** — Polish historical name relevant to French references on Volhynia; not a modern French exonym.

## About

Olevsk is a town on the Ubort River in northern Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It lies in the wooded Polesia region and has a long-established local trading and craft tradition.

## Notes

Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olevsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olevsk.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q913143](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913143) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/olevsk/?format=json)


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