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# Zmiiv

A settlement in Ukraine; local name Зміїв.

## English name

**Zmiiv** — Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.

Other forms in use:

- **Zmiyiv** — Older Ukrainian-based spelling, retaining yi for ї; also printed in English reference material. Also the BGN/PCGN 1965 result.
- **Zmiyov** — Russian-based English spelling of Змиёв.
- **Zmiev** — Conventional Russian-based spelling, often suppressing the distinction between е and ё.
- **Gotwald** — Soviet commemorative name used from 1976 until restoration of Zmiiv around 1990–1991; references disagree on the final year.
- **Hotvald** — Ukrainian rendering of the former commemorative name Готвальд.
- **Zmìïv** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **Zmiïv** — ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence.
- **Зміїв** — Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles.

## French name

**Zmiïv** — French reference spelling, using ï to separate the vowels. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

Other forms in use:

- **Zmiyov** — Russian-based international spelling recorded in French name inventories; not a French-style transcription.
- **Zmiev** — Russian-based alternative explicitly used in the French reference entry.
- **Gotwald** — Former Soviet name, for French historical searches; exact restoration year is unresolved here.
- **Hotvald** — Former name spelled Hotvald in the French entry, which gives 1976–1991.
- **Zmiiv** — International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance.

## About

Zmiiv is a town south of Kharkiv, near the meeting of the Mzha and Siverskyi Donets rivers. It is a local centre for the surrounding forest and river country.

## Notes

The Soviet name commemorated Klement Gottwald. English references give 1976–1990; some French reference material gives restoration in 1991, so the exact legal restoration date needs checking.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1106097](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1106097) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/ukraine/zmiiv/?format=json)


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