{
  "place_id": "irpin#7806_11680",
  "wikidata": "Q71727",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ірпінь",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Irpin",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for contemporary English use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Irpine",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irpen",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, found in older international references and Russian-language source citations; retained as a recognition form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irpène",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irpin’",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irpin'",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ірпінь",
          "why": "Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ìrpìnʹ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Standard-derived search form, not independently attested here as an English or French place-name spelling; medium confidence in textual use."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Irpin",
      "why": "Nom ukrainien actuel dans la romanisation nationale de 2010 ; forme officielle retenue pour les textes français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Irpine",
          "why": "Transcription française employée dans les textes francophones, conservée à côté de la forme principale retenue."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irpen",
          "why": "Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irpène",
          "why": "Transcription française employée dans les textes francophones, conservée à côté de la forme principale retenue."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irpin’",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irpin'",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ірпінь",
          "why": "Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ìrpìnʹ",
          "why": "Translittération caractère par caractère ISO 9:1995. Forme de recherche déduite de la norme, sans attestation indépendante ici comme nom anglais ou français ; certitude moyenne quant à l’usage textuel."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Irpin is a city northwest of Kyiv, beside the Irpin River. It grew as a railway suburb and became internationally known for the fighting and civilian evacuations during the defence of Kyiv.",
  "about_fr": "Irpin est une ville située au nord-ouest de Kyiv, près de la rivière Irpin. Développée comme banlieue ferroviaire, elle est devenue connue à l’étranger pour les combats et les évacuations de civils pendant la défense de Kyiv.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The official national romanization omits the final soft sign. Irpin also names the river, so the city and the watercourse need to be distinguished. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.",
  "rank": 186,
  "slug": "irpin"
}