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# Sofiivka

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Софіївка.

## English name

**Sofiivka** — Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Sofiyivka** — Older Ukrainian-based spelling using yi for ї. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Sofiyevka** — Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming.
- **Sofiïvka** — French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Sofìïvka** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified.
- **Софіївка** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Sofiïevka** — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching.
- **Sofiivka** — International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above.
- **Sofiievka** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Sofiïevka for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Sofiivka is a settlement in the western part of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It lies in the Kamianka river valley east of Kryvyi Rih and serves the surrounding farming communities.

## Notes

Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofiivka,\_Dnipropetrovsk\_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofiïvka\_(oblast\_de\_Dnipropetrovsk) ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Софіївка\_(селище,\_Криворізький\_район) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сафііўка\_(Днепрапятроўская\_вобласць) ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofiivka,\_Dnipropetrovsk.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q82307](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82307) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/sofiivka-q82307/?format=json)


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