{
  "place_id": "bucha#7808_11678",
  "wikidata": "Q1013474",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Буча",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bucha",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Butcha",
          "why": "Mixed English/French-style spelling encountered in international reporting; not the Ukrainian national romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buča",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Буча",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Boutcha",
      "why": "Established French press spelling uses ou for у and tch for ч.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bucha",
          "why": "Same official Latin form as in English; retained by French sources following Ukrainian romanization."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bucha is a city in Kyiv Oblast northwest of Kyiv. It developed along the railway in a wooded suburban area and became internationally known for the killing of civilians during Russia’s occupation in 2022.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The description refers to the documented events of 2022; it makes no claim about current population or security conditions.",
  "rank": 280,
  "slug": "bucha"
}