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# Shabo

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Шабо.

## English name

**Shabo** — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).

Other forms in use:

- **Chabag** — French-speaking Swiss colonial name used in English accounts of the winegrowing colony.
- **Şaba** — Romanian historical name, with older cedilla typography; used for Bessarabian source matching.
- **Șaba** — Modern Romanian comma-below typography of the historical name.
- **Chabo** — French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym.
- **Šabo** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Шабо** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.
- **Saba** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Şaba for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Chabo** — French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.

Other forms in use:

- **Şaba** — Romanian historical form explicitly given in the French village reference.
- **Chabag** — French colonial name used for the Swiss winegrowers’ settlement; historically specific.
- **Shabo** — International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above.
- **Saba** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Şaba for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Shabo is a village near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine's Odesa Oblast. It is known for wine production and for the Swiss winegrowers who settled there in the nineteenth century.

## Notes

Chabag was the name of the French-speaking Swiss wine colony, not a newly translated English name. French Chabo and Romanian Şaba are distinct attested traditions. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabo ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabo\_(Ukraine).

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2120815](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2120815) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/shabo/?format=json)


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