{
  "place_id": "chortkiv#7723_11433",
  "wikidata": "Q148473",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Чортків",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chortkiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chortkov",
          "why": "Russian-based form found in older English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czortków",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English accounts of Galicia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czortkow",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling without the acute accent, common in genealogical sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chortkiw",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling using w for в."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čortkìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чортків",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchortkiv",
      "why": "French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chortkiv",
          "why": "International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchortkov",
          "why": "Russian-based French form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czortków",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in French writing on Galicia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czortkow",
          "why": "Polish historical form without the acute accent."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chortkiv is a town on the Seret in Ternopil Oblast. Its castle ruins, churches and former synagogues reflect the layered history of this part of Galicia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": " Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 349,
  "slug": "chortkiv"
}