{
  "place_id": "fastiv#7781_11662",
  "wikidata": "Q161984",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Фастів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Fastiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Fastov",
          "why": "Russian-based form established in older English geographical and Jewish historical sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Fastów",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling, used in historical and family research."
        },
        {
          "name": "Fastìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Фастів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Fastiv",
      "why": "Same Ukrainian-based form as in English; older French references often use Fastov.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Fastov",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling in older French histories and maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Fastów",
          "why": "Polish spelling retained in French references to Polish sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Fastiv is a city in Kyiv Oblast southwest of Kyiv. It is an important railway junction with a history of locomotive and engineering work.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 228,
  "slug": "fastiv"
}