{
  "place_id": "borshchiv#7711_11446",
  "wikidata": "Q148923",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Борщів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Borshchiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Borshchov",
          "why": "Russian-based historical spelling of Борщёв."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borshchyov",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling explicitly representing ё."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borszczów",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borshtshev",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name used in Jewish historical and genealogical references; not the modern civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borchtchiv",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borŝìv",
          "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": "Борщів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Борщёв",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borszczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Borszczów for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Borchtchiv",
      "why": "French reference form using chtch for щ; the Russian-derived French form is Borchtchiov.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Borchtchiov",
          "why": "Russian-based French reference spelling; chtch and io reflect щ and ё."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borszczów",
          "why": "Polish historical name in French writing about Galicia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borshchiv",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling used in French source citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Borszczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Borszczów for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Borshchiv is a town in southern Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. The surrounding area is known for richly embroidered traditional shirts and for the limestone caves of the Dniester region.",
  "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/Borshchiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borchtchiv.",
  "rank": 916,
  "slug": "borshchiv"
}