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# Zhovkva

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Жовква.

## English name

**Zhovkva** — 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:

- **Żółkiew** — Polish historical name, prominent in English writing about the Commonwealth and John III Sobieski.
- **Zolkiew** — Diacritic-free Polish historical spelling, also shared with historical German use.
- **Zholkva** — Russian-based English spelling of Жолква.
- **Jolkva** — French transcription of the Russian name.
- **Nesterov** — Soviet name adopted in 1951 and replaced by the restored historical name in 1992.
- **Scholkwa** — German historical spelling quoted in French reference material.
- **Žovkva** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **Z͡hovkva** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence.
- **Жовква** — Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles.

## French name

**Jovkva** — French reference spelling, using j for the sound written zh in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

Other forms in use:

- **Żółkiew** — Polish name used in French histories of Sobieski and the Commonwealth.
- **Zolkiew** — Historical spelling identified as German in the French entry; also a diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name.
- **Jolkva** — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in French reference material.
- **Nesterov** — Former Soviet name for French historical searches; restoration dates to 1992.
- **Scholkwa** — German historical form explicitly given in the French entry.
- **Zhovkva** — International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance.

## About

Zhovkva is a town north of Lviv, laid out as a fortified Renaissance residence. Its castle, churches and synagogue preserve traces of its role in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

## Notes

Named Nesterov in 1951; the historical name was restored in 1992. Vynnyky denotes an earlier settlement at the site and is not used here as a present-day synonym.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q864836](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864836) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/zhovkva/?format=json)


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