{
  "place_id": "radekhiv#7793_11368",
  "wikidata": "Q904046",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Радехів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Radekhiv",
      "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": "Radekhov",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziechów",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in regional history and genealogical references in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radehìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Радехів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziechow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Radziechów for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Radekhiv",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Radekhov",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly recorded in French reference usage; not a change to the Ukrainian official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziechów",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in French regional and historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziechow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Radziechów for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Radekhiv is a small city in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It serves as a local centre for the surrounding agricultural countryside.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radekhiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radekhiv.",
  "rank": 1004,
  "slug": "radekhiv"
}