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# Yavoriv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Яворів.

## English name

**Yavoriv** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical.

Other forms in use:

- **Jaworów** — Polish historical name, common in English histories of Sobieski and the town.
- **Jaworow** — Diacritic-free form of the historical Polish name.
- **Yavorov** — Russian-based English spelling, also overlapping a romanized Yiddish form.
- **Jaworiw** — German historical spelling quoted in English regional reference material.
- **Âvorìv** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **I͡avoriv** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence.
- **Яворів** — Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles.

## French name

**Iavoriv** — French reference spelling, using initial Ia for Ukrainian Я. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

Other forms in use:

- **Jaworów** — Polish historical name used in French accounts of the treaty of Jaworów and Sobieski.
- **Jaworow** — Diacritic-free Polish historical search form.
- **Yavorov** — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French entry.
- **Jaworiw** — German historical name explicitly given in the French entry.
- **Yavoriv** — International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance.

## About

Yavoriv is a town west of Lviv, near the Polish border. It is associated with the residence of King John III Sobieski and with local woodcraft and decorated toys.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q997392](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q997392) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/yavoriv/?format=json)


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