{
  "place_id": "mizhhiria#7696_11305",
  "wikidata": "Q261418",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Міжгір'я",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mizhhiria",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mizhhirya",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling with ya for я."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mezhgorye",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ökörmező",
          "why": "Hungarian historical name used in English accounts of Transcarpathia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volove",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period reference form of the former name; replaced by Mizhhiria in 1953."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volové",
          "why": "Slovak spelling of the former name, superseded in 1953."
        },
        {
          "name": "Boureni",
          "why": "Romanian name quoted in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mijhiria",
          "why": "French spelling, useful when an English text cites French maps, titles or historical sources; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mizhhir”ya",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Міжгір'я",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Okormezo",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Ökörmező for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mijhiria",
      "why": "French reference heading; the same entry also uses Russian-influenced Mijguiria in its text. No uniform French press preference established.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mijguiria",
          "why": "Russian-influenced spelling in the French reference text, alongside the heading Mijhiria."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ökörmező",
          "why": "Hungarian historical name explicitly given in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volové",
          "why": "Slovak historical name explicitly recorded in French references; replaced in 1953."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mizhhiria",
          "why": "International spelling also useful for French source matching; the selected French main follows French reference transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Okormezo",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Ökörmező for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volove",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Volové for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mizhhiria is a settlement in a mountain valley in Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast. It serves as a starting point for travel into the surrounding Carpathians.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Renamed from Volove/Volové to Mizhhiria in 1953. French reference heading Mijhiria coexists with Mijguiria in its text; French adaptation is inconsistent. System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizhhiria ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mijhiria.",
  "rank": 1016,
  "slug": "mizhhiria"
}