Introduction

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This page provides an overview of which styleguides, encyclopedias, dictionaries and other relevant organizations switched from Kiev spelling to Kyiv spelling and when. It also lists what styleguides, encyclopedias, dictionaries and other relevant organizations currently have not switched to Kyiv spelling and are continuing to use Kiev spelling. Please feel free to add to this list. See Talk:Kyiv/sources/comments and Talk:Kyiv/naming for discussion.

Please note these lists are not exhaustive.

Kiev

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Academic journals (Kiev)

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Some examples of academic journals that so far have not switched from Kiev to Kyiv spelling and continue using Kiev spelling. Please note that this list is non-exhaustive

Academic encyclopedias and dictionaries (Kiev)

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Media (Kiev)

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Unclear (need to clarify with the publication on what their styleguide says as of July 2020, Kyiv or Kiev)
Clearly stated that so far they have not switched from Kiev to Kyiv
  • The Independent [2] (example of usage from April 2020), statement by Chief sub-editor Stephen Manning from Jan 31, 2019: Some time ago a reader asked why we spelt the Ukrainian capital “Kiev” rather than “Kyiv” [...] Presently [ed. as of Jan 31, 2019] few media outlets follow suit, and Kiev is widely regarded as the English rendering of the name.

Style guides (Kiev)

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none

Airport naming institutions (Kiev)

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none

Library institutions (Kiev)

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none

Supranational institutions (Kiev)

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none

Kyiv

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Academic journals (Kyiv)

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Some examples of academic journals that switched from Kiev to Kyiv spelling. Please note that this list is non-exhaustive

Academic encyclopedias and dictionaries (Kyiv)

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Note: Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners (macmillandictionary.com), Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (dictionary.cambridge.org) and Chambers Dictionary (chambers.co.uk) do not have entries for either Kyiv or Kiev

Media (Kyiv)

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Media-outlets that used Kyiv spelling since their inception: Voice of America (since 1942), Radio Free Europe (since 1953), Euronews (since 1993), bne IntelliNews (since January 2006; source [37])

Style guides (Kyiv)

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Geographic and governmental styleguides
Journalistic styleguides

Major journalistic styleguides that recently switched to Kyiv spelling (note that while all these styleguides get distributed via print and online for others to use, only two of them are considered the most widely used by other media-outlets and only these two have separate enwiki articles: The Associated Press Stylebook and The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage):

Airport naming institutions (Kyiv)

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Library institutions (Kyiv)

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Supranational institutions (Kyiv)

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Google Data

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