{
  "place_id": "kushuhum#7650_11956",
  "wikidata": "Q2022870",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Кушугум",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kushuhum",
      "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": "Kushugum",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velyka Katerynivka",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Kushuhum in 1938; national romanization (2010) applied retrospectively."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kouchouhoum",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kušugum",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Кушугум",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kouchouhoum",
      "why": "French reference heading uses ou for у and h for Ukrainian г; Russian-based Kouchougoum also occurs.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kouchougoum",
          "why": "Russian-based French form explicitly quoted alongside Kouchouhoum."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velyka Katerynivka",
          "why": "Pre-1938 name for French historical matching; no separate established French adaptation verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kushuhum",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kushuhum is a settlement south of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine. It lies near the Dnipro and gives its name to the local territorial community.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushuhum ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouchouhoum.",
  "rank": 1206,
  "slug": "kushuhum"
}