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# Shyroke

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Широке.

## English name

**Shyroke** — Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.

Other forms in use:

- **Shirokoye** — Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name.
- **Chyroke** — French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form.
- **Široke** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium.
- **Широке** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English.
- **Широкое** — Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling.

## French name

**Chyroke** — French reference heading for the settlement near Kryvyi Rih; ch renders ш. It must be distinguished from other Ukrainian places called Shyroke.

Other forms in use:

- **Chirokoïe** — French transcription of Russian Широкое; medium confidence in French occurrence for this particular settlement.
- **Chirokoie** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Chirokoïe for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Shyroke is a settlement on the Inhulets south of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as a local centre for the agricultural country along this part of the river.

## Notes

Settlement on the Inhulets in Kryvyi Rih Raion, not another Shyroke. French Chyroke is attested by the linked settlement entry. Location checked against the settlement council’s planning documents. https://shiroksel.otg.dp.gov.ua/storage/app/sites/55/uploaded-files/dpt.pdf Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyroke ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyroke\_(oblast\_de\_Dnipropetrovsk).

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1001092](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001092) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/shyroke/?format=json)


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