Talk:Podolia

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Podolia is the English form of this place-name. A majority of “What Links Here” are redirects from Podolia. See also:

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Support The intro mentions (Ukrainian: Podillya, Russian: Podolye, Polish: Podole), but does not say what language "Podilia" is used in, as the region is traditionally known in English by the Latin/Italian name Podolia. Olessi 15:27, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support Not so easy to say, but Podolia seems to be the correct english version. Gryffindor 15:28, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Mainstream history books about Ukraine use both forms, and the self-identifying Ukrainian form is preferable. —Michael Z. 2005-11-30 23:06 Z
Support Other European names are derivatives of Podolia too. German > Podolien; French > Podolie; Spanish, Italian > Podolia 129.252.70.25 20:57, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Mainstream history books about Ukraine use both forms, and the self-identifying Ukrainian form is preferable. But the Ukrainian form is Podillya, not Podilia. LuiKhuntek 23:13, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Those are the same Ukrainian word; ia and ya are used to transliterate я in different transliteration systems, and it's quite common for non-linguistic sources to simplify doubled consonants.

Podilia is transliterated using the official simplified version of the National system for place names, which we use for Wikipedia articles about Ukrainian places. Podillya is transliterated using BGN/PCGN, which is commonly used by Oxford and many other atlases. See Romanization of Ukrainian for these and other systems. —Michael Z. 2005-11-30 23:43 Z