{
  "place_id": "obukhiv#7783_11701",
  "wikidata": "Q1011303",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Обухів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Obukhiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Obukhov",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling encountered in older English maps, reporting and reference works; not the selected Ukrainian-based form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Obuhìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Обухів",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Oboukhiv",
      "why": "French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Obukhiv",
          "why": "International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oboukhov",
          "why": "Russian-based French transcription, useful for older French geographical writing; not the selected Ukrainian-based form."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Obukhiv is a city south of Kyiv in Kyiv Oblast. It serves as a local administrative and industrial centre near the western side of the Dnipro valley.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Russian Obukhov and Ukrainian Obukhiv are language forms of the same name, not a recent legal renaming. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 315,
  "slug": "obukhiv"
}