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# Rava-Ruska

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Рава-Руська.

## English name

**Rava-Ruska** — 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:

- **Rava Ruska** — Unhyphenated spelling used in English references.
- **Rawa Ruska** — Polish historical or regional name quoted in English accounts of the place.
- **Rawa-Ruska** — Hyphenated Polish historical spelling.
- **Rava-Russkaya** — Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming.
- **Rave** — Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish historical and genealogical references.
- **Rava-Rouska** — French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym.
- **Rava-Rus’ka** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- **Rava-Rusʹka** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- **Рава-Руська** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English.

## French name

**Rava-Rouska** — Established French spelling, particularly in accounts and memorials of the Rava-Rouska prisoner-of-war camp; ou represents у.

Other forms in use:

- **Rava Rouska** — Unhyphenated French spelling indexed in references.
- **Rava Ruska** — International spelling without French ou, indexed in French references.
- **Rawa Ruska** — Polish name quoted in French accounts of the wartime prisoner-of-war camp.
- **Rava-Ruska** — International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above.

## About

Rava-Ruska is a small city near the Polish border in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast. It is associated with a major border crossing and the site of a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War.

## Notes

Rava-Rouska is particularly established in French memories of the wartime prisoner-of-war camp. French spellings need not be interpreted as current Ukrainian municipal romanizations. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rava-Ruska ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rava-Rouska.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q997343](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q997343) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/rava-ruska/?format=json)


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