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# Shepetivka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Шепетівка.

## English name

**Shepetivka** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.

Other forms in use:

- **Shepetovka** — Russian-based form, common in older English railway and military histories.
- **Szepetówka** — Polish historical name, encountered in English discussions of Polish and Jewish sources.
- **Szepetowka** — Diacritic-free Polish historical form.
- **Šepetìvka** — ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym.
- **Шепетівка** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Chepetivka** — French transcription uses ch for Ukrainian ш; older French works commonly have Chepetovka.

Other forms in use:

- **Shepetivka** — Same official Latin form as in English; retained in French sources using Ukrainian romanization.
- **Chepetovka** — Traditional Russian-based French transcription.
- **Szepetówka** — Polish historical spelling retained in French historical references.

## About

Shepetivka is a city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its railway junction helped it develop into an industrial and transport centre.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q161965](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161965) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/shepetivka/?format=json)


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