{
  "place_id": "rzhyshchiv#7775_11724",
  "wikidata": "Q71731",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ржищів",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rzhyshchiv",
      "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).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rzhishchev",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rzyszczów",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Irzistshub",
          "why": "Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rjychtchiv",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ržiŝìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rz͡hyshchiv",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ржищів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rzyszczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Rzyszczów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rjychtchiv",
      "why": "French reference heading uses j for ж and chtch for щ.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rzyszczów",
          "why": "Polish historical form for French regional-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rzhyshchiv",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rzyszczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Rzyszczów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rzhyshchiv is a small city on the Dnipro southeast of Kyiv. The surrounding landscape contains archaeological sites associated with the prehistoric Trypillia culture.",
  "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/Rzhyshchiv ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rjychtchiv.",
  "rank": 1287,
  "slug": "rzhyshchiv"
}