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# Sokyriany

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Сокиряни.

## English name

**Sokyriany** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Sokiryany** — Older Ukrainian-based spelling with ya for я; also the Russian-based form of Сокиряны.
- **Secureni** — Romanian historical name used in English Bessarabian references.
- **Târgu Secureni** — Qualified Romanian historical name quoted in English references.
- **Sokyryany** — BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- **Sokirâni** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- **Sokyri͡any** — ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym.
- **Сокиряни** — Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English.
- **Targu Secureni** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Târgu Secureni for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Sokyriany** — Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.

Other forms in use:

- **Sokiriany** — Russian-derived French form explicitly given in geographical references.
- **Secureni** — Romanian historical name quoted in French references to Bessarabia.

## About

Sokyriany is a small city in eastern Chernivtsi Oblast in Ukraine. It lies in the northern Bessarabian borderlands near Moldova.

## Notes

Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokyriany ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokyriany.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q149173](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q149173) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/sokyriany/?format=json)


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