Kiev - Kyyiv

Beginning with this issue, The Ukrainian Weekly will begin using the Ukrainian-based phonetic spelling of the name of the capital city of Ukraine. Thus, Kiev will henceforth appear as Kyyiv, in accordance with the system of transliteration adopted by the United States Board on Geographical Names and the National Geographic Society.

The New York-based Ukrainian Mapping Agency informs The Weekly that the government of Ukraine has not yet indicated its preference for a particular system of transliteration However, Ukraine has repeatedly stated that the system of rendering Ukrainian toponyms should be based on the Ukrainian language. In addition the UMA notes that, increasingly, publishers, especially publishers of atlases, are beginning to use the transliteration system employed by the U.S. Board on Geographical Names.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 10, 1993, No. 2, Vol. LXI

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