{
  "place_id": "rozhniv#7687_11401",
  "wikidata": "Q4396356",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Рожнів",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rozhniv",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rożnów",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rožnìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Roz͡hniv",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Рожнів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Roznow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Rożnów for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rozhniv",
      "why": "International form retained for French readers; no established French-specific spelling verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rožnìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rozhniv is a village in the Kosiv area of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. It lies in the foothill region east of the Ukrainian Carpathians.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "No established independent French form verified; international Rozhniv retained rather than constructing an apparently French spelling. Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Independent French locality-prose evidence is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozhniv.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1636,
  "slug": "rozhniv"
}