{
  "place_id": "rozhyshche#7828_11403",
  "wikidata": "Q148896",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Рожище",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rozhyshche",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rożyszcze",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English histories of Volhynia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rozhishch",
          "why": "Yiddish name romanized in English Jewish historical material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rojichtche",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Roschischtsche",
          "why": "German historical spelling printed in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rožiŝe",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Roz͡hyshche",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Рожище",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rojychtche",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using j and chtch for Ukrainian ж and щ. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rożyszcze",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly given in the French entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rojichtche",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Roschischtsche",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly given in the French entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rozhyshche",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rozhyshche is a town near Lutsk in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It lies in the Styr River basin and developed as a local trading and railway centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 788,
  "slug": "rozhyshche"
}