{
  "place_id": "krolevets#7864_11854",
  "wikidata": "Q2235501",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Кролевець",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Krolevets",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krolevetsʹ",
          "why": "Soft-sign-marked Ukrainian romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krolevets'",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe form marking the final soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krolewiec",
          "why": "Historical Polish spelling of this town, not to be confused with Królewiec for Königsberg."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krolevecʹ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Кролевець",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Królewiec",
          "why": "Polish historical name of this Ukrainian town, also used for Königsberg in a different context. High confidence: listed in the Polish official geographical names register."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krolewez",
          "why": "German historical form listed by JewishGen for the town; retained for English genealogical and historical searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krolovets",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived historical spelling in English Jewish-history sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kroleviets",
          "why": "Older English genealogical spelling listed by JewishGen."
        },
        {
          "name": "Korolevets",
          "why": "Variant spelling in English Jewish genealogical indexes, not the selected modern name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krolevec",
          "why": "Historical scholarly-style form listed in English Jewish genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krolevets’",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krolevet͡sʹ",
          "why": "ALA-LC 2011 Ukrainian romanization; a systematic library-catalogue search form with the prescribed ties and soft-sign marks, not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Krolevets",
      "why": "Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Królewiec",
          "why": "Polish historical designation useful in French histories of the Commonwealth. This name is ambiguous with Königsberg, so the Ukrainian context is essential."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Krolevets is a town in Sumy Oblast in north-eastern Ukraine. It is known for a distinctive tradition of patterned woven towels.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is Krolevets in Sumy Oblast. Polish Królewiec ordinarily refers to Königsberg/Kaliningrad, so the two should not be collapsed. Variant evidence: https://www.jewishgen.org/ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=356 ; https://www.gov.pl/attachment/6e834bae-1a81-4728-94c5-916a43eb8827 . Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .",
  "rank": 454,
  "slug": "krolevets"
}