{
  "place_id": "pidvolochysk#7751_11452",
  "wikidata": "Q2092533",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Підволочиськ",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pidvolochysk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Podvolochisk",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Podwołoczyska",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Podvolitchisk",
          "why": "Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pidvolotchysk",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pidvolochys’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pìdvoločisʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pidvolochysʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Підволочиськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Podwoloczyska",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Podwołoczyska for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pidvolotchysk",
      "why": "French reference heading uses tch for ч; the introduction’s Podvolotchinsk appears to contain an extra n.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Podvolotchinsk",
          "why": "Form actually printed in the French reference introduction as Russian-based. It has an extra n absent from Подволочиск; likely an error, frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Podwołoczyska",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pidvolotschysk",
          "why": "Variant indexed in French naming data, using German-style tsch rather than French tch."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pidvolochysk",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Podwoloczyska",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Podwołoczyska for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pidvolochysk is a settlement on the Zbruch River in Ternopil Oblast, opposite Volochysk. The river once marked the frontier between the Habsburg and Russian empires, making the two settlements an important railway crossing.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "French Podvolotchinsk is explicitly printed in the reference introduction but has an extra n absent from the Cyrillic name. It is marked a likely error without claiming it is frequent. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidvolochysk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidvolotchysk.",
  "rank": 1210,
  "slug": "pidvolochysk"
}