{
  "place_id": "bolekhiv#7725_11325",
  "wikidata": "Q146595",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Болехів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bolekhiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bolekhov",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolechów",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolechow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish historical spelling familiar from English writing on the town’s former Jewish community."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolehìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Болехів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Болехов",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bolekhiv",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bolekhov",
          "why": "Russian form recorded in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolechów",
          "why": "Polish name used in French historical and literary discussion of the town’s Jewish community."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolechow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free historical form used in French discussions of Daniel Mendelsohn’s family history."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bolekhiv is a town at the foot of the Carpathians in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. Its former Jewish community and surviving cemetery are prominent in accounts of the town's history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolekhiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolekhiv.",
  "rank": 939,
  "slug": "bolekhiv"
}