{
  "place_id": "perechyn#7707_11248",
  "wikidata": "Q146542",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Перечин",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Perechyn",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Perecseny",
          "why": "Hungarian historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perečín",
          "why": "Slovak name explicitly given in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perečany",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period name recorded in geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perezindorf",
          "why": "German historical name indexed in English and French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perechin",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Peretchyn",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perečin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Перечин",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perecin",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Perečín for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perecany",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Perečany for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Peretchyn",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Peretchine",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perečín",
          "why": "Slovak name explicitly quoted in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perecseny",
          "why": "Hungarian name explicitly quoted in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perečany",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period name explicitly used in French history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perezindorf",
          "why": "German historical name indexed as a French naming-data alias; prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perechyn",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perecin",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Perečín for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Perecany",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Perečany for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Perechyn is a small city near the meeting of the Uzh and Turia valleys in Zakarpattia Oblast. It lies north of Uzhhorod on a route into the Carpathians and has a history shaped by several Central European states.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perechyn ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peretchyn.",
  "rank": 1435,
  "slug": "perechyn"
}