{
  "place_id": "pochaiv#7778_11416",
  "wikidata": "Q149060",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Почаїв",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pochaiv",
      "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": "Pochayiv",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using yi for ї. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pochayev",
          "why": "Russian-based name, particularly frequent in accounts of the monastery."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pochaev",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling without y in the vowel sequence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Poczajów",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pitshayev",
          "why": "Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Potchaïv",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Počaïv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pochaïv",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Почаїв",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Poczajow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Poczajów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Potchaiv",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Potchaïv for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Potchaïv",
      "why": "French reference heading uses tch and ï; Russian-based Potchaïev remains useful in French monastery references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Potchaïev",
          "why": "Russian-derived French form explicitly given in the city entry, especially relevant to monastery references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Poczajów",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pochayiv",
          "why": "Older international spelling indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pochaiv",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Potchaiv",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Potchaïv for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Potchaiev",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Potchaïev for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Poczajow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Poczajów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pochaiv is a small city in western Ukraine's Ternopil Oblast. Its hilltop Orthodox monastery, the Pochaiv Lavra, is a major place of pilgrimage.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pochaiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potchaïv.",
  "rank": 1236,
  "slug": "pochaiv"
}