{
  "place_id": "berezhany#7747_11385",
  "wikidata": "Q793424",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Бережани",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Berezhany",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Brzeżany",
          "why": "Polish historical name widely used in English accounts of Galicia and Jewish history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Brzezany",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish historical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berezhan",
          "why": "Jewish historical name used in English memorial and genealogical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berežani",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berez͡hany",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Berejany",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Brzeżany",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in French accounts of Galicia and interwar Poland."
        },
        {
          "name": "Brzezany",
          "why": "Accent-free Polish spelling common in older French print."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berezhany",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling used by French texts retaining Ukrainian name forms."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Berezhany is a town in Ternopil Oblast on the Zolota Lypa River. Its castle and religious buildings reflect its past as a regional centre of eastern Galicia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 582,
  "slug": "berezhany"
}