{
  "place_id": "olevsk#7845_11536",
  "wikidata": "Q913143",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Олевськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Olevsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Olewsk",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Olevs’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Olevs'k",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form, for matching older name indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Olevsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Олевськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Олевск",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Olevsk",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Olewsk",
          "why": "Polish historical name relevant to French references on Volhynia; not a modern French exonym."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Olevsk is a town on the Ubort River in northern Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. It lies in the wooded Polesia region and has a long-established local trading and craft tradition.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olevsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olevsk.",
  "rank": 964,
  "slug": "olevsk"
}