{
  "place_id": "chudniv#7780_11560",
  "wikidata": "Q149271",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Чуднів",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chudniv",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also matches ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chudnov",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cudnów",
          "why": "Polish historical name, particularly used in accounts of the 1660 campaign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchoudniv",
          "why": "French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čudnìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чуднів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cudnow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Cudnów for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchoudniv",
      "why": "French locality reference heading; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Cudnów",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in French military histories of the 1660 campaign; modern settlement heading uses Tchoudniv."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chudniv",
          "why": "International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čudnìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cudnow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Cudnów for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chudniv is a town on the Teteriv River in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Its name is associated with a major seventeenth-century campaign involving Polish, Cossack and Muscovite forces.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q149271 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chudniv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchoudniv.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1687,
  "slug": "chudniv"
}