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# Sokal

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сокаль.

## English name

**Sokal** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.

Other forms in use:

- **Sokalʹ** — Ukrainian scholarly transliteration marking the final soft sign. ALA-LC 2011 Ukrainian romanization; a systematic library-catalogue search form with the prescribed ties and soft-sign marks, not a separate English exonym.
- **Sokal'** — Plain-apostrophe form marking the final soft sign.
- **Сокаль** — Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name.
- **Sokal’** — BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form.

## French name

**Sokal** — Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.

## About

Sokal is a town on the Western Bug in northern Lviv Oblast. Its old churches and former Bernardine monastery reflect its history on the borderlands of Galicia and Volhynia.

## Notes

The former Bernardine monastery lies across the river in the historic Sokal area, now associated with Zhvirka. The description concerns the wider historic town, not a claim that all monuments lie within its present limits. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3\_0/rom2\_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1000927](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1000927) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/sokal/?format=json)


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