{
  "place_id": "monastyryska#7727_11398",
  "wikidata": "Q1022503",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Монастириська",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Monastyryska",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Monasterzyska",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastrishtch",
          "why": "Yiddish form explicitly quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastrishtsh",
          "why": "Yiddish variant explicitly quoted in English historical prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastyryshche",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian name explicitly recorded in English history; exact replacement year not verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastyriska",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastyrys’ka",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastirisʹka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastyrysʹka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Монастириська",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Monastyryska",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Monastyriska",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; retained for older French source matching, not the current preferred heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monasterzyska",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; used when discussing the earlier regional setting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Monastirisʹka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Monastyryska is a town in Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It has an important connection with Lemko families resettled from Poland after the Second World War.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1022503 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastyryska ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastyryska.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1658,
  "slug": "monastyryska"
}