Appendix:Suffixes -evo, -ova and -ovo

The suffixes -ovo and -evo are in widespread Slavic use to indicate a placename. They are neuter forms of the Slavic possessive suffix -ov and -ev (meaning belonging to) which is declined this way after selo (village), mesto (place or town) or another neutral noun, usually omitted in the toponym itself. The form -evo is used after palatal or palatalized consonants.

The suffix is spelled in a different manner in various Slavic scripts — it is -ово and -ево in Cyrillic and -owo and ewo in Polish. In Romanian, Albanian and Turkish placenames of Slavic origin bearing the suffix are usually adapted as -ova. In Greek, borrowed placenames have either an -ovo or an -ova suffix. For small villages the diminutive form of the suffix, -ovka / -ovca, may occur.

Besides the placename use, the suffix is also featured in some Russian family names, such as Nedobrovo, Durnovo and Khitrovo.

Examples
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-ovo

 * -Bulgaria-


 * Gabrovo, a town in Bulgaria
 * Haskovo, a town in Bulgaria
 * Veliko Tarnovo, a town in Bulgaria
 * Slavyanovo, a town in Bulgaria
 * -Croatia-


 * Đakovo, a town in Croatia
 * Valpovo, a town in Croatia
 * -Greece-


 * Metsovo, an Aromanian town in Greece
 * -Kosovo-


 * Kosovo, a historical region in Serbia, now independent
 * -Macedonia (FYROM)-


 * Kumanovo, a town in Macedonia (FYROM)
 * Tetovo, a town in Macedonia (FYROM)
 * -Poland-


 * Darłowo, a town in Poland
 * Działdowo, a town in Poland
 * Janikowo, a town in Poland
 * Legionowo, a town in Poland
 * -Russia-


 * Ivanovo, a city in Russia
 * Kemerovo, a city in Russia
 * -Serbia-


 * Kladovo, a town in Serbia
 * Valjevo, a town in Serbia
 * -Slovakia-


 * Fiľakovo, a town in Slovakia
 * Štúrovo, a town in Slovakia

-evo

 * -Bosnia-


 * Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * -Bulgaria-


 * Sevlievo, a town in Bulgaria
 * -Macedonia (FYROM)-


 * Kičevo, a town in Macedonia (FYROM)
 * Kruševo, a town in Macedonia (FYROM)
 * -Poland-


 * Braniewo, a city in Poland
 * Węgorzewo, a popular tourist resort in Poland
 * -Russia-


 * Kolpashevo, a town in Russia
 * Sheremetyevo, an international airport serving Moscow
 * -Serbia-


 * Pančevo, a town in Serbia
 * Preševo, a town in Serbia
 * Smederevo, a town in Serbia
 * -Ukraine-


 * Mukachevo, a town in Ukraine

-ova, seldom -ov

 * -Albania-


 * Kuçova, a town in Albania
 * -Greece-


 * Arachova, a town in Greece
 * -Moldova-


 * Cricova, a town in the Republic of Moldova
 * Moldova itself
 * -Romania-


 * Brașov, a city in Romania
 * Carașova, a comune in Romania
 * Craiova, a city in Romania
 * Hârșova, a town in Romania
 * Orșova, a town in Romania

-ovka, -ovca

 * -Romania-


 * Jurilovca, a comune in Romania
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