{
  "place_id": "myrhorod#7775_11867",
  "wikidata": "Q161961",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Миргород",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Myrhorod",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mirgorod",
          "why": "Established Russian-based name, familiar in English as the title of Gogol’s story collection. ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Миргород",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Myrhorod",
      "why": "Same Ukrainian-based form as in English; French literary references often retain Mirgorod.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mirgorod",
          "why": "Traditional Russian-based form familiar to French readers from Gogol’s collection of stories."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Myrhorod is a spa city on the Khorol River in Poltava Oblast. Its mineral waters and its association with the writer Nikolai Gogol are prominent parts of its cultural identity.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Myrhorod is the current city name in Ukrainian romanization. Mirgorod also names Gogol’s literary collection and should not be treated as a municipal renaming.",
  "rank": 269,
  "slug": "myrhorod"
}