{
  "place_id": "khoroshiv#7811_11580",
  "wikidata": "Q2993479",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Хорошів",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Khoroshiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name restored in 2016; national romanization (2010) gives Khoroshiv. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Volodarsk-Volynskyi",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Khoroshiv in February 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodarsk-Volynsky",
          "why": "Older English form of the former Soviet name, superseded in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodarsk-Volynskiy",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the former name, superseded in Ukrainian law in 2016."
        },
        {
          "name": "Horoshky",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian name, replaced by Kutuzove in 1912."
        },
        {
          "name": "Goroshki",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the older Horoshky name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kutuzove",
          "why": "Ukrainian form of the imperial commemorative name used from 1912 until the Soviet renaming in 1921."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kutuzovo",
          "why": "Russian form of the 1912–1921 name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodarsk",
          "why": "Soviet name used from 1921, expanded to Volodarsk-Volynskyi in 1927."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleksandropil",
          "why": "Early Ukrainian form of the settlement name recorded in regional history; not a recent restoration."
        },
        {
          "name": "Horoszów",
          "why": "Polish historical name indexed in reference data; English prose frequency uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Khorochiv",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Horošìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Хорошів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Horoszow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Horoszów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Khorochiv",
      "why": "Current French reference heading Khorochiv supersedes Volodarsk-Volynskyï; ch represents Ukrainian ш.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Volodarsk-Volynskyï",
          "why": "Former-name French Wikidata label, outdated since the 2016 renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Horochky",
          "why": "Older name explicitly used in French historical narrative; superseded by Koutouzove in 1912."
        },
        {
          "name": "Koutouzove",
          "why": "French rendering of the imperial name of 1912–1921."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleksandropil",
          "why": "Early Ukrainian name explicitly quoted in French historical narrative."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aleksandropol",
          "why": "Russian-based early name explicitly quoted in French historical narrative."
        },
        {
          "name": "Khoroshiv",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodarsk-Volynskyi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Volodarsk-Volynskyï for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Khoroshiv is a settlement on the Irsha River in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast. Its museum of precious and decorative stones reflects the mineral wealth of the surrounding region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Volodarsk-Volynskyi renamed Khoroshiv in February 2016. French reference text has the current heading Khorochiv, while the French Wikidata label retains the outdated former name. Earlier Horoshky/Goroshki, Kutuzove/Kutuzovo and Volodarsk are distinguished. https://vv.zt.court.gov.ua/sud0606/pres-centr/news/258329/ Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoroshiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorochiv.",
  "rank": 1244,
  "slug": "khoroshiv"
}