{
  "place_id": "halych#7728_11373",
  "wikidata": "Q146450",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Галич",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Halych",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Halicz",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English histories of medieval Galicia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Galich",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling and historical English reference form; ambiguous with Galich in Russia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Halici",
          "why": "Romanian name explicitly quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Halytsch",
          "why": "German historical transcription explicitly given in the English introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Halitsch",
          "why": "Variant German historical transcription given in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Galitsch",
          "why": "German historical form with initial G, explicitly quoted in the English introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Heylitsh",
          "why": "Jewish-community name recorded in English historical or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Halytch",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Galič",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Галич",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Halytch",
      "why": "French locality heading uses tch for ч: Halytch; historical Halitch and Russian-based Galitch also occur.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Galitch",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Halicz",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French locality references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Halich",
          "why": "Alternative historical Latin spelling indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Halitch",
          "why": "Older French-style spelling indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Halych",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Halych is a small city near the Dniester in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It preserves monuments and archaeological traces of the medieval principality from which the name Galicia derives.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Modern Halych covers only part of the medieval capital’s territory. Polish Halicz, Russian Galich, French Halytch/Galitch and German historical forms have distinct contexts; unqualified Galicia identifies the region, not this city. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halych ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halytch.",
  "rank": 1496,
  "slug": "halych"
}