{
  "place_id": "kopychyntsi#7728_11439",
  "wikidata": "Q997381",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Копичинці",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kopychyntsi",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kopyczyńce",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Koptchintz",
          "why": "Jewish-community name recorded in English historical or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopitshinets",
          "why": "Jewish-community variant indexed in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopychintsy",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopychintse",
          "why": "Older Latin spelling indexed in English naming data; exact transcription system unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopychyntse",
          "why": "Variant final vowel indexed in English naming data; medium certainty, not national 2010 romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopeczyńce",
          "why": "Historical Polish-looking variant indexed in English naming data; medium certainty."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopytchyntsi",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopičincì",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopychynt͡si",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Копичинці",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopyczynce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kopyczyńce for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopeczynce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kopeczyńce for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kopytchyntsi",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kopyczyńce",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French locality references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopytchintsy",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopychyntsi",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kopyczynce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kopyczyńce for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kopychyntsi is a small city in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its history includes Polish and Jewish communities, and it is the birthplace of chess grandmaster Vasyl Ivanchuk.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopychyntsi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopytchyntsi.",
  "rank": 1412,
  "slug": "kopychyntsi"
}