Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Translate](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Locations**

This page as HTML: <https://locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/slavuta/>

# Slavuta

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Славута.

## English name

**Slavuta** — 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:

- **Slawuta** — Polish historical name used in English studies of the borderlands and Jewish history.
- **Slavita** — Yiddish name in Latin transcription, especially familiar in accounts of Hebrew printing and Hasidic history.
- **Славута** — Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form.

## French name

**Slavouta** — Traditional French transcription uses ou; Slavouta is the adapted geographical form.

Other forms in use:

- **Slavuta** — Same official Latin form as in English; French texts using Ukrainian romanization keep u.
- **Slawuta** — Polish historical form retained in French historical references.
- **Slavita** — Jewish historical name in Latin transcription, used in French writing on Hasidism and Hebrew printing.

## About

Slavuta is a city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast near the Horyn River. It has a long history of manufacturing and is remembered for Hebrew printing and Jewish religious life.

## Notes

Slavita is a historical community/transcription form, not a recent official renaming.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q856018](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856018) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/slavuta/?format=json)


Names and descriptions are written by the Elamur team; the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.
