{
  "place_id": "lanchyn#7697_11375",
  "wikidata": "Q4254088",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ланчин",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lanchyn",
      "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": "Lanchin",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łanczyn",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lantchyn",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lančin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ланчин",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lanczyn",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łanczyn for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Lantchyn",
      "why": "French reference spelling uses tch for ч; it is not a separate municipal renaming.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Łanczyn",
          "why": "Polish historical name retained for French Galician source matching; French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lanchyn",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lanczyn",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łanczyn for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lanchyn is a settlement on the Prut River in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It lies near the Carpathian foothills between Nadvirna and Kolomyia.",
  "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/Lanchyn ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantchyn.",
  "rank": 1219,
  "slug": "lanchyn"
}