{
  "place_id": "irshansk#7819_11595",
  "wikidata": "Q2652172",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Іршанськ",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Irshansk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Irshansk’",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based spelling retaining the final soft-sign mark."
        },
        {
          "name": "Titanograd",
          "why": "Early unofficial name explicitly quoted in the English locality history; neither current nor official."
        },
        {
          "name": "11th Kilometer",
          "why": "Early descriptive name explicitly quoted in English locality history; a translated nickname rather than an official civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irchansk",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irshans’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ìršansʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irshansʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Іршанськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Irchansk",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tytanohrad",
          "why": "Early informal name explicitly recorded in French locality history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kilomètre-11",
          "why": "Translated early name explicitly printed in the French locality history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tourtchynka",
          "why": "Earlier local name printed in French history; also the name of the nearby railway station, so scope is context-dependent."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irshansk",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kilometre-11",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kilomètre-11 for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Irshansk is a settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine. It developed in connection with the mining and processing of titanium-bearing mineral sands.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Early names 11th Kilometer, Titanograd/Tytanohrad and Tourtchynka are described in English/French local histories. Their status and extent differ from a formal municipal renaming; no unverified exact dates assigned. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irshansk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irchansk ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Іршанськ ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Іршанск ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irșansk.",
  "rank": 1378,
  "slug": "irshansk"
}