{
  "place_id": "shumsk#7784_11450",
  "wikidata": "Q219601",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Шумськ",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Shumsk",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Szumsk",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shimsk",
          "why": "Yiddish name explicitly quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shumske",
          "why": "Former official Ukrainian Shumske, clarified as Shumsk by decree 7647-XI of 21 June 1989; city status followed in 1999."
        },
        {
          "name": "Choumsk",
          "why": "French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shums’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Šumsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shumsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Шумськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Choumsk",
      "why": "French locality reference heading; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Szumsk",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling for French regional-history source matching; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shumsk",
          "why": "International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Šumsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Shumsk is a town in northern Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It belongs to the historical region of Volhynia and has medieval roots.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Shumske was clarified as Shumsk by decree 7647-XI dated 21 June 1989. English locality history conflates this with restoration of city status in 1999. Both dates are distinguished. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/7647-11 ; https://irp.te.ua/naseleni-punkty-ternopil-s-koyi-oblasti-yaki-buly-perejmenovani-z-01-01-1986-po-01-02-2018/ Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumsk ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219601 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choumsk.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1684,
  "slug": "shumsk"
}