Kiev

From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev). The form Kyiv, from Ukrainian Київ (Kyjiv), has been gaining currency, particularly since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast)


Poltava

Poltava (an oblast in east-central Ukraine)

Poltava (a city, the administrative centre of Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine)

Poltava (a raion of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine)


Krim

Ultimately from Crimean Tatar Qırım, probably via German or a Slavic language; the gender suggests either that the direct source is German or that the word was influenced by a Romance language.

(with definite article) Crimea (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine :)


Dnipropetrovsk

From Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ (Dnipropetróvsʹk).

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Дніпропетро́вськ


Donetsk

Donetsk, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Lviv

From Ukrainian Львів (Lʹviv); the form in -ov is from Russian Львов (Lʹvov).

Lviv, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Galicië

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).

Galicia (former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine)


Ivano-Frankivsk

From Ukrainian Іва́но-Франкі́вськ (Iváno-Frankívsʹk).

Іва́но-Франкі́вськ

Ivano-Frankivsk, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Kirovohrad

From Ukrainian Кіровогра́д (Kirovohrád).


Rivne

Rivne, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Ternopil

Ternopil, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Jalta

From Ukrainian Я́лта (Jálta) / Russian Я́лта (Jálta).


Volksrepubliek Loehansk

Volksrepubliek Loegansk (canonical feminine)
Volksrepubliek Loegansk (alternative)

Calque of Russian Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and Ukrainian Луганська народна республіка (Luhansʹka narodna respublika). The relative prevalence of the Ukrainian form Loehansk over Loegansk in this name owes to the recent emphasis on the usage of Ukrainian placenames instead of Russian ones when referring to toponyms in Ukrainian territory.

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Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика

Луганська народна республіка

Luhansk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic#English

Luhansk People's Republic (a self-proclaimed quasi-state, internationally recognized as part of the country of Ukraine; one of two members of the Confederation of Novorossiya.)


Charkiv

Kharkiv, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Slangeneiland

Calque of Ukrainian О́стрів Змії́ний (Óstriv Zmijínyj).

О́стрів Змії́ний

Snake Island, an island of Ukraine in the Black Sea.


Izjoem

From Ukrainian Ізюм (Izjum) / Russian Изю́м (Izjúm).


Cherson

From Ukrainian Херсо́н (Xersón) / Russian Херсо́н (Xersón).

Kherson, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Zaporizja

Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)

Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)

Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia)

(historical) Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)


Loehansk

Luhansk, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Marioepol

From Ukrainian Маріуполь (Mariupolʹ) / Russian Мариуполь (Mariupolʹ).


Kropyvnytsky

From Ukrainian Кропивницький (Kropyvnycʹkyj).

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Кропивницький

Kropyvnytskyi, a city and raion of Ukraine.


Tsjerkasy

Cherkasy, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Tsjernihiv

Tsjernigof (alternative)
Tsjernigov (alternative)

Chernihiv, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Tsjernivtsi

Chernivtsi, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Volksrepubliek Donetsk

Calque of Russian Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика (Donéckaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and Ukrainian Донецька народна республіка (Donecʹka narodna respublika).

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Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика

Донецька народна республіка

Pal achter de ingang in de hal van het bezette provinciehuis in Donetsk, residentie van de op 7 april 2014 uitgeroepen Volksrepubliek Donetsk, is een apotheek ingericht [...]

2015, Hubert Smeets, chapter 15, in De wraak van Poetin: Rusland contra Europa, Uitgeverij Prometheus, →ISBN:

Dat was van belang voor het functioneren van de door Rusland gesteunde pseudostaten 'Volksrepubliek Donetsk' en de 'Volksrepubliek Loegansk'.

2018, Timothy Snyder, translated by Catalien van Paassen, De weg naar onvrijheid: Rusland, Europa, Amerika, →ISBN:

Anderen hebben een Russisch paspoort, zoals Alexandr Borodaj, die in mei wordt aangesteld tot premier van de Volksrepubliek Donetsk.

2022, Steven Derix, Marina Shelkunova, Zelensky: De oorlogspresident, →ISBN:

Donetsk People's Republic
Donetsk People's Republic#English

Donetsk People's Republic (a self-proclaimed quasi-state, internationally recognized as part of the country of Ukraine; one of two members of the Confederation of Novorossiya.)


Chmelnytsky

From Ukrainian Хмельни́цький (Xmelʹnýcʹkyj).

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Хмельни́цький

Khmelnytskyi, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Soemy

Sumy, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Vinnytsja

Vinnytsia, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Wolynië

From Polish Wołyń / Ukrainian Воли́нь (Volýnʹ) + -ië, or perhaps adapted from Latin Volhynia.

(historical) Volhynia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus)


Transkarpatië

Zakarpattia, Transcarpathia; an oblast in Ukraine.


Zjytomyr

Zhytomyr, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.