{
  "place_id": "chuhuiv#7768_12038",
  "wikidata": "Q889618",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Чугуїв",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chuhuiv",
      "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": "Chuguev",
          "why": "Traditional Russian-based English form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chuguyev",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1947-style romanization of Russian Чугуев."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chuhuyiv",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based spelling retaining yi inside the word."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čuguïv",
          "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": "Чугуїв",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchouhouïv",
      "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": "Chuhuiv",
          "why": "International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchougouïev",
          "why": "Traditional Russian-based French name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchouhouiv",
          "why": "French transcription without the diaeresis."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chuhuiv is a city in Kharkiv Oblast on the Siverskyi Donets. It is the birthplace of the painter Ilya Repin and has a long history as a military settlement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The Ukrainian and Russian forms differ in both the medial consonant and the ending. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 332,
  "slug": "chuhuiv"
}