{
  "place_id": "letychiv#7743_11534",
  "wikidata": "Q2431181",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Летичів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Letychiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Letichev",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name. Also a Yiddish-derived historical rendering."
        },
        {
          "name": "Latyczów",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Letytchiv",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Letičìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Летичів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Летичев",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Latyczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Latyczów for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Letytchiv",
      "why": "French reference form with tch for ч; Letitchev is the Russian-derived French alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Letitchev",
          "why": "Russian-derived French reference form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Latyczów",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in French references to Podolia and its religious heritage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Letychiv",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling also found in French citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Latyczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Latyczów for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Letychiv is a settlement near the Southern Bug in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. Its former Dominican monastery is associated with a revered icon of the Mother of God, and remains of its fortress survive.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letychiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letytchiv.",
  "rank": 938,
  "slug": "letychiv"
}