{
  "place_id": "monastyryshche#7721_11655",
  "wikidata": "Q219820",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Монастирище",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Monastyryshche",
      "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": "Monastyrishche",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastyrysche",
          "why": "Simplified English reference spelling of Ukrainian щ; not the national 2010 form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastyrychtche",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastiriŝe",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Монастирище",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Monastyrychtche",
      "why": "French Ukrainian-based reference spelling, with chtch for щ; Russian-based Monastyrichtche also occurs.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Monastyrichtche",
          "why": "Russian-based French form explicitly given alongside Monastyrychtche."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastyryshche",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Monastyryshche is a small city in the western part of Ukraine's Cherkasy Oblast. It serves the largely agricultural countryside of the surrounding forest-steppe.",
  "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/Monastyryshche ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastyrychtche.",
  "rank": 1100,
  "slug": "monastyryshche"
}