{
  "place_id": "brody#7782_11397",
  "wikidata": "Q465104",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Броди",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Brody",
      "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": "Brod",
          "why": "Yiddish historical name used in Jewish history and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Brodi",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Броди",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Brody",
      "why": "Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Brod",
          "why": "Yiddish historical form, relevant to French Jewish historical sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Brody is a town in Lviv Oblast on the edge of the historical region of Galicia. Its synagogue ruins and former fortress recall its history as a trading centre with a large Jewish community.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Brody is spelled the same way in Polish and in the Ukrainian national romanization. The shared form is not a second name. 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 .",
  "rank": 426,
  "slug": "brody"
}