{
  "place_id": "kolomyia#7695_11390",
  "wikidata": "Q52193",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Коломия",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kolomyia",
      "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": "Kołomyja",
          "why": "Polish name, used when discussing the town in Polish historical or family sources; not the current local official form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomea",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomyja",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomyya",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, found in older international references and Russian-language source citations; retained as a recognition form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomyïa",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Коломия",
          "why": "Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomiâ",
          "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."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomya",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kolomya",
      "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": "Kołomyja",
          "why": "Nom polonais repris dans les travaux sur les sources historiques ou familiales polonaises ; ce n’est pas la forme officielle locale actuelle."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomea",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomyja",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomyya",
          "why": "Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomyïa",
          "why": "Transcription française employée dans les textes francophones, conservée à côté de la forme principale retenue."
        },
        {
          "name": "Коломия",
          "why": "Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomiâ",
          "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."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolomyia",
          "why": "Forme principale anglaise, utile pour reconnaître les sources anglophones citées dans un texte français."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kolomyia is a city on the Prut River in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. Its museums of folk art and decorated eggs reflect its connection with Pokuttia and Hutsul culture.",
  "about_fr": "Kolomya est une ville de l’oblast d’Ivano-Frankivsk, dans l’ouest de l’Ukraine, sur le Prout. Ses musées d’art populaire et d’œufs décorés témoignent de ses liens avec la Pocoutie et la culture houtsoule.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Kolomea occurs in English and French accounts of Austrian Galicia; the current main follows Ukrainian in English and an established French transcription in French. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.",
  "rank": 172,
  "slug": "kolomyia"
}