{
  "place_id": "kosiv#7684_11394",
  "wikidata": "Q157461",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Косів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kosiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. 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": "Kosov",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kosów",
          "why": "Polish historical or regional name quoted in English accounts of the place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cosău",
          "why": "Romanian historical name recorded in regional references; English textual frequency uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kossiv",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kosìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Косів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kosow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kosów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cosau",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Cosău for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kossiv",
      "why": "French reference spelling doubles s to preserve the unvoiced consonant between vowels.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kosów",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in French regional references or quoted Polish sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cosău",
          "why": "Romanian name explicitly recorded in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kosiv",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kosow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kosów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cosau",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Cosău for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kosiv is a small city at the foot of the Carpathians in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is a centre of Hutsul crafts, especially the painted ceramics recognized by UNESCO.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kossiv.",
  "rank": 1140,
  "slug": "kosiv"
}