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# Rozhyshche

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Рожище.

## English name

**Rozhyshche** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical.

Other forms in use:

- **Rożyszcze** — Polish historical name used in English histories of Volhynia.
- **Rozhishch** — Yiddish name romanized in English Jewish historical material.
- **Rojichtche** — French transcription of the Russian name.
- **Roschischtsche** — German historical spelling printed in French reference material.
- **Rožiŝe** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **Roz͡hyshche** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence.
- **Рожище** — Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles.

## French name

**Rojychtche** — French reference spelling, using j and chtch for Ukrainian ж and щ. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

Other forms in use:

- **Rożyszcze** — Polish historical name explicitly given in the French entry.
- **Rojichtche** — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French entry.
- **Roschischtsche** — German historical name explicitly given in the French entry.
- **Rozhyshche** — International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance.

## About

Rozhyshche is a town near Lutsk in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It lies in the Styr River basin and developed as a local trading and railway centre.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q148896](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148896) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/rozhyshche/?format=json)


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