{
  "place_id": "berezan#7795_11748",
  "wikidata": "Q760555",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Березань",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Berezan",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Berezan’",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian and Russian-based spelling retaining the final soft sign. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berezan'",
          "why": "ASCII-apostrophe version of the older transcription. ASCII apostrophe version of the BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian retrieval spelling; not an additional official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berezanʹ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use. ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Березань",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Berezan",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bérézan",
          "why": "Accented French variant found in geographical writing; not consistently used."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Berezan is a town east of Kyiv in Kyiv Oblast. Its railway links and agricultural surroundings place it within the wider economy of the capital region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "This inland town is distinct from Berezan Island near the Black Sea.",
  "rank": 623,
  "slug": "berezan"
}