{
  "place_id": "busk#7775_11367",
  "wikidata": "Q282824",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Буськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Busk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Buzhesk",
          "why": "Medieval East Slavic name recorded in historical accounts of the town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bousk",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bus’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Busʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Буськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bousk",
      "why": "French reference form with ou for у; the English and Polish form Busk remains useful in French source citations.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Busk",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Busk is a small city in western Ukraine's Lviv Oblast. It stands near the upper Western Bug River and preserves traces of its long role as a trading settlement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282824 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busk,_Ukraine ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bousk.",
  "rank": 1119,
  "slug": "busk"
}