{
  "place_id": "chop#7690_11233",
  "wikidata": "Q219193",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Чоп",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chop",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Csap",
          "why": "Hungarian historical or community name quoted in English Transcarpathian references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čop",
          "why": "Slovak name quoted in English geographical references. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tshop",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchop",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чоп",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchop",
      "why": "Attested French geographical reference spelling; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Csap",
          "why": "Hungarian historical or community name retained in French accounts of Transcarpathia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čop",
          "why": "Slovak form explicitly given in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chop",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cop",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Čop for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chop is a small city in western Ukraine beside the borders with Hungary and Slovakia. It is an important railway junction where different track gauges meet.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop,_Ukraine ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchop.",
  "rank": 1126,
  "slug": "chop"
}