{
  "place_id": "rakhiv#7669_11345",
  "wikidata": "Q146510",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Рахів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rakhiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rakhov",
          "why": "Russian-based name common in Soviet-era English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rahó",
          "why": "Hungarian historical name used in English accounts of Transcarpathia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Raho",
          "why": "Unaccented version of the Hungarian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rachov",
          "why": "Czech and Slovak historical name, used in English accounts of interwar Czechoslovakia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rahău",
          "why": "Romanian name quoted in English regional histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rahau",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Romanian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rachiw",
          "why": "German historical spelling in English archival references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rachów",
          "why": "Polish historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rakhev",
          "why": "Yiddish name documented in English community histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rakhovo",
          "why": "Rusyn-based name used in historical and community references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rahìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Рахів",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rakhiv",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rakhovo",
          "why": "Rusyn form also given in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rahó",
          "why": "Hungarian historical name in French accounts of Transcarpathia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rachov",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period name used in French historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rahău",
          "why": "Romanian name quoted in French regional geography."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rachów",
          "why": "Polish historical form, mainly useful in French bibliographical searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rauhau",
          "why": "German historical form explicitly recorded in French geographical references; not a current Ukrainian name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rakhiv is a town in Zakarpattia Oblast in a mountain valley on the Tysa River. It is a centre of Hutsul culture and a base for exploring the Ukrainian Carpathians.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 645,
  "slug": "rakhiv"
}