{
  "place_id": "korop#7864_11830",
  "wikidata": "Q1493180",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Короп",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Korop",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also matches ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Also matches ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Короп",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Korop",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Korop is a settlement in Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its historic churches and local museum preserve traces of its past as a Cossack-era town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Church and museum heritage independently checked. https://esu.com.ua/article-5157 ; https://vue.gov.ua/Іллінська_церква_в_Коропі Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korop ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korop.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1638,
  "slug": "korop"
}