{
  "place_id": "berehove#7677_11257",
  "wikidata": "Q146497",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Берегове",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Berehove",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Beregovo",
          "why": "Russian-based name familiar in older English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beregszász",
          "why": "Hungarian name used in English writing about the region and its Hungarian community."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beregszasz",
          "why": "Hungarian form without diacritics."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bergsaß",
          "why": "Historical German designation, mainly an archival search form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beregove",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Берегове",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berehovo",
          "why": "Czech and Slovak name used in English accounts of interwar Subcarpathian Ruthenia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berehowo",
          "why": "Polish historical name in English genealogical indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beregsaz",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish history and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sächsisch-Bereg",
          "why": "Historical German name listed in English Jewish genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berekhovo",
          "why": "Historical spelling listed in English Jewish genealogical references."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Berehove",
      "why": "Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Beregovo",
          "why": "Russian-based form in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beregszász",
          "why": "Hungarian name used in French accounts of Transcarpathian history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beregszasz",
          "why": "Unaccented form of the Hungarian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berehovo",
          "why": "Czech and Slovak name quoted in French references to the town’s interwar Czechoslovak period."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beregsaz",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name quoted in French geographical references for Jewish historical context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bergsaß",
          "why": "German historical name quoted in French geographical references, not an ordinary current French exonym."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Berehove is a town in Zakarpattia Oblast near the Hungarian border. It is an important centre of Hungarian cultural life in Ukraine and is known for thermal springs.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Hungarian Beregszász is a living local-language name, not solely a historical exonym. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf . Historical forms: https://www.jewishgen.org/sub-carpathia/GEO_town.asp?id=1035365 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berehove .",
  "rank": 430,
  "slug": "berehove"
}