{
  "place_id": "shchyrets#7758_11325",
  "wikidata": "Q1020441",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Щирець",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Shchyrets",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shchyrets'",
          "why": "English naming-data variant retaining the Ukrainian final soft sign with an apostrophe."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shchirets",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szczerzec",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szczyrzec",
          "why": "Historical spelling indexed in English naming data; differs from standard Polish Szczerzec."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shtcherzetz",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shchezhets",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shtsherits",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shterits",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chtchyrets",
          "why": "French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shchyrets’",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ŝirecʹ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shchyret͡sʹ",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Щирець",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chtchyrets",
      "why": "French locality reference heading; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chtchirets",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; retained for older French source matching, not the current preferred heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szczerzec",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; used when discussing the earlier regional setting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shchyrets",
          "why": "International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ŝirecʹ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Shchyrets is a settlement southwest of Lviv in western Ukraine. It stands on the Shchyrka River and is the birthplace of the Polish military commander Stanisław Maczek.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shchyrets ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chtchyrets.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1603,
  "slug": "shchyrets"
}