{
  "place_id": "morshyn#7730_11326",
  "wikidata": "Q156592",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Моршин",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Morshyn",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Morshin",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Morszyn",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Morszyn-Zdrój",
          "why": "Polish spa name used for the interwar resort in English history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Morchyn",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Moršin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Моршин",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Morszyn-Zdroj",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Morszyn-Zdrój for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Morchyn",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Morchine",
          "why": "Russian-derived French form explicitly used beside Morchyn in French prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Morszyn",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Morshyn",
          "why": "International spelling for French texts citing Ukrainian or English sources; independent French prose frequency unverified. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Moršin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Morshyn is a small spa city in the Carpathian foothills of Lviv Oblast. Its mineral waters made it a health resort, building on an earlier history of salt extraction.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156592 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morshyn ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchyn.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1562,
  "slug": "morshyn"
}