{
  "place_id": "manevychi#7849_11419",
  "wikidata": "Q1014310",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Маневичі",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Manevychi",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Manevichi",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Maniewicze",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Manewytschi",
          "why": "German historical transcription listed in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Manevytchi",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Manevičì",
          "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": "Маневичі",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Маневичи",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Manevytchi",
      "why": "Attested French reference form using tch for ч; Manevitchi is the Russian-derived alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Manevitchi",
          "why": "Russian-based French spelling given in French geographical reference material; not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Maniewicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name useful in French regional or Jewish-history references; not a separate French exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Manewytschi",
          "why": "German historical transcription explicitly given in French geographical references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Manevychi is a settlement in the forest country of Volyn Oblast in northwestern Ukraine. It grew around a station on the Kovel–Sarny railway and became a centre for timber processing.",
  "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/Manevychi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manevytchi.",
  "rank": 903,
  "slug": "manevychi"
}