[tz] WSJ follows AP to Kyiv

Adam Sampson ats at offog.org
Tue Nov 19 14:04:13 UTC 2019


Peter Ilieve via tz <tz at iana.org> writes:

> The BBC Academy page about names at
> <https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133537> now
> says "Kyiv not Kiev". This is a recent change.

The "searchable version" of the BBC News style guide says explicitly:

| Kyiv (Updated October 2019)
|
| is our preference for the capital of Ukraine and not Kiev or other
| variations.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20131010112740749

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