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# Pochaiv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Почаїв.

## English name

**Pochaiv** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Pochayiv** — Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using yi for ї. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Pochayev** — Russian-based name, particularly frequent in accounts of the monastery.
- **Pochaev** — Russian-based spelling without y in the vowel sequence.
- **Poczajów** — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- **Pitshayev** — Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references.
- **Potchaïv** — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym.
- **Počaïv** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Pochaïv** — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified.
- **Почаїв** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses.
- **Poczajow** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Poczajów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
- **Potchaiv** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Potchaïv for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Potchaïv** — French reference heading uses tch and ï; Russian-based Potchaïev remains useful in French monastery references.

Other forms in use:

- **Potchaïev** — Russian-derived French form explicitly given in the city entry, especially relevant to monastery references.
- **Poczajów** — Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French geographical references.
- **Pochayiv** — Older international spelling indexed in French naming data.
- **Pochaiv** — International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above.
- **Potchaiv** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Potchaïv for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
- **Potchaiev** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Potchaïev for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
- **Poczajow** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Poczajów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Pochaiv is a small city in western Ukraine's Ternopil Oblast. Its hilltop Orthodox monastery, the Pochaiv Lavra, is a major place of pilgrimage.

## Notes

Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pochaiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potchaïv.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q149060](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q149060) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/pochaiv/?format=json)


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