{
  "place_id": "rohatyn#7745_11367",
  "wikidata": "Q156821",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Рогатин",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rohatyn",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rogatyn",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rogatin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Рогатин",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rohatyn",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rogatine",
          "why": "Traditional Russian-based French form explicitly given alongside Rohatyn."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rohatine",
          "why": "French naming-data variant with final e; reference heading prefers Rohatyn."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rohatyn is a small city on the Hnyla Lypa River in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Its wooden Church of the Holy Spirit forms part of the UNESCO listing of Carpathian wooden churches.",
  "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/Rohatyn ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohatyn.",
  "rank": 1226,
  "slug": "rohatyn"
}