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diff --git a/timezone/europe b/timezone/europe
index 79c068ee5f..60290ddc5a 100644
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+++ b/timezone/europe
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe	8.10
+# @(#)europe	8.11
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ Zone	Europe/Dublin	-0:25:00 -	LMT	1880 Aug  2
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-# Continental Europe
+# Europe
 
 # EU rules are for the European Union, previously known as the EC, EEC,
 # Common Market, etc.
@@ -2386,6 +2386,8 @@ Link	Europe/Istanbul	Asia/Istanbul	# Istanbul is in both continents.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev.
+# "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
+# "Kiev" is more common in English.
 Zone Europe/Kiev	2:02:04 -	LMT	1880
 			2:02:04	-	KMT	1924 May  2 # Kiev Mean Time
 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21
@@ -2397,6 +2399,8 @@ Zone Europe/Kiev	2:02:04 -	LMT	1880
 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1995
 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
 # Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991.
+# "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
+# "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.
 Zone Europe/Uzhgorod	1:29:12 -	LMT	1890 Oct
 			1:00	-	CET	1940
 			1:00	C-Eur	CE%sT	1944 Oct
@@ -2409,7 +2413,10 @@ Zone Europe/Uzhgorod	1:29:12 -	LMT	1890 Oct
 			2:00	E-Eur	EE%sT	1995
 			2:00	EU	EE%sT
 # Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991.
-# Zaporozh'ye has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes.
+# "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
+# "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English.  Use the common English
+# spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in
+# portable Posix file names.
 Zone Europe/Zaporozhye	2:20:40 -	LMT	1880
 			2:20	-	CUT	1924 May  2 # Central Ukraine T
 			2:00	-	EET	1930 Jun 21