{
  "place_id": "pereiaslav#7781_11746",
  "wikidata": "Q639839",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Переяслав",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pereiaslav",
      "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": "Pereyaslav",
          "why": "Traditional English spelling used in historical writing, including the name of the 1654 council."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian official name in national romanization; shortened in 2019."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky",
          "why": "Russian-based English form of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pereyaslavl",
          "why": "Historical East Slavic form used in medieval history; distinguish Pereyaslavl-Zalessky."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pereâslav",
          "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": "Переяслав",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pereïaslav",
      "why": "French transcription with eï, familiar in French historical references to the Pereïaslav council; the compound name was officially shortened in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pereiaslav",
          "why": "International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pereïaslav-Khmelnytskyï",
          "why": "French Ukrainian-based form of the former name, shortened in 2019."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pereïaslav-Khmelnitski",
          "why": "Russian-based French form of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pereyaslav",
          "why": "International historical spelling also used in French accounts of the 1654 council."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pereiaslav is a historic city in Kyiv Oblast on the Trubizh, near the Dnipro. It is known for its many museums and for the Cossack council held there in 1654.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The 2019 renaming is confirmed by https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/251-20 . Not Pereslavl-Zalessky in Russia. The council’s political interpretation is disputed; no claim of timeless reunification is made. ISO 9:1995 alternatives are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 377,
  "slug": "pereiaslav"
}