{
  "place_id": "irshava#7684_11279",
  "wikidata": "Q146474",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Іршава",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Irshava",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ilosva",
          "why": "Hungarian historical name quoted in English accounts of Transcarpathia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irchava",
          "why": "French spelling, useful when an English text cites French maps, titles or historical sources; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ìršava",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Іршава",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Irchava",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; the adaptation follows French transcription conventions rather than English spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ilosva",
          "why": "Hungarian historical name quoted in French Transcarpathian references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iršava",
          "why": "Slovak spelling explicitly quoted in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irshava",
          "why": "International spelling also useful for French source matching; the selected French main follows French reference transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irsava",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Iršava for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Irshava is a small city in Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast. It stands on the Irshava River in the foothills of the Carpathians.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irshava ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irchava.",
  "rank": 1070,
  "slug": "irshava"
}