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# Volochysk

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Волочиськ.

## English name

**Volochysk** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Volochys’k** — Older Ukrainian transcription preserving the soft sign. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form.
- **Volochisk** — Russian-based English spelling.
- **Wołoczyska** — Polish historical name used in English accounts of the border railway.
- **Voločisʹk** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym.
- **Volochysʹk** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym.

## French name

**Volotchysk** — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.

Other forms in use:

- **Volotchisk** — Russian-mediated French spelling in older maps and histories.
- **Wołoczyska** — Polish historical form quoted in French accounts of the former imperial border.
- **Volochysk** — International Ukrainian spelling retained in French texts that follow Ukrainian name forms; see the English entry for the system.

## About

Volochysk is a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast on the eastern bank of the Zbruch River. The town and neighbouring Pidvolochysk developed on opposite sides of a former imperial frontier.

## Notes

Pidvolochysk is the separate town on the western bank, not a former name of Volochysk.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q219762](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219762) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/volochysk/?format=json)


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