{
  "place_id": "lanivtsi#7770_11448",
  "wikidata": "Q591788",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ланівці",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lanivtsi",
      "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).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lanovtsy",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łanowce",
          "why": "Polish historical or regional name quoted in English accounts of the place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lanovits",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lanìvcì",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lanivt͡si",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ланівці",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lanowce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Łanowce for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Lanivtsi",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lanovtsy",
          "why": "Russian-based form explicitly given in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łanowce",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in French regional references or quoted Polish sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lanowce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Łanowce for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lanivtsi is a small city in northern Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. It belongs to historical Volhynia and serves the surrounding agricultural countryside.",
  "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/Lanivtsi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanivtsi.",
  "rank": 1154,
  "slug": "lanivtsi"
}