{
  "place_id": "horodok#7731_11475",
  "wikidata": "Q219856",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Городок",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Horodok",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gorodok",
          "why": "Russian-based name common in older English gazetteers; highly ambiguous. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gródek Podolski",
          "why": "Polish historical distinguishing name, identifying the Podolian town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Grodek Podolski",
          "why": "Unaccented form used in English historical and genealogical indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Городок",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Horodok",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gorodok",
          "why": "Russian-mediated form in older French geography; specify Podolia to distinguish the town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gródek Podolski",
          "why": "Polish historical name retained in French histories of Podolia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Grodek Podolski",
          "why": "Accent-free form of the Polish historical name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Horodok is a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, in the historical region of Podolia. It has a notable Roman Catholic presence and a museum devoted to the history of the town and its surroundings.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Horodok, not the Lviv Oblast town later in this batch.",
  "rank": 603,
  "slug": "horodok"
}