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There are 35 placenames and 1 district in Ukraine called Horodyshche . This widely popular placename stems from old Ukrainian word horod, which means a fortified town, settlement but also can mean a garden in modern Ukrainian, depending on the stress of the syllable.
Among these:
- Horodysche - city in Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine, the administrative center of Horodyshche Raion
- Horodyshche, Luhansk Oblast - urban-type settlement in Perevalsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast
- Horodyshche - village in Kozova Raion of Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine
- Horodyshche, Zboriv Raion - village in Zboriv Raion of Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine
- Horodyshche, Kivertsi Raion - village in Kivertsi raion of Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine
- Horodyshche, Kovel Raion - village in Kovel Raion of Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine
- Horodyshche, Lutsk Raion - village in Lutsk Raion of Volyn Oblast
- Horodyshche, Lityn Raion - village in Lityn Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast, western Ukraine
- Horodyshche, Zhydachiv Raion - village in Zhydachiv Raion of Lviv Oblast
- Horodyshche, Dubrovytsia Raion - village in Dubrovytsia Raion of Rivne Oblast
- Horodyshche is also former name of Hradyzk in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
- Horodyshche (border checkpoint) - border checkpoint in Ukraine on the border with Belarus across from Verkhniy Trebezhov
Horodyshche is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast ( province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Vilshanka River and is the administrative center of the Horodysche Raion ( district). It was occupied by German forces during World War II in the summer of 1941 until 1944.
Current estimated population: 15,491 (2001).
Horodyshche was the birthplace of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, a singer and composer of Ukrainian opera; there is a museum in Horodyshche dedicated to his life and work.