{
  "place_id": "kalush#7724_11353",
  "wikidata": "Q146453",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Калуш",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kalush",
      "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": "Kałusz",
          "why": "Polish name, used when discussing the town in Polish historical or family sources; not the current local official form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalusz",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kaluš",
          "why": "Scholarly transliteration using Slavist conventions; these conventions are not one single dated national standard."
        },
        {
          "name": "Калуш",
          "why": "Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalouch",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kalouch",
      "why": "Transcription française du nom ukrainien actuel, retenue pour sa lisibilité en français ; la romanisation nationale figure aussi parmi les formes de recherche.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kałusz",
          "why": "Nom polonais repris dans les travaux sur les sources historiques ou familiales polonaises ; ce n’est pas la forme officielle locale actuelle."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalusz",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalush",
          "why": "Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kaluš",
          "why": "Translittération savante selon les conventions slavistiques, qui ne constituent pas une seule norme nationale datée."
        },
        {
          "name": "Калуш",
          "why": "Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kalush is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. Salt and potash deposits helped establish its long industrial tradition.",
  "about_fr": "Kalouch est une ville de l’oblast d’Ivano-Frankivsk, dans l’ouest de l’Ukraine. Les dépôts de sel et de potasse ont contribué à sa longue tradition industrielle.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.",
  "rank": 154,
  "slug": "kalush"
}