{
  "place_id": "sokal#7804_11349",
  "wikidata": "Q1000927",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Сокаль",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sokal",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sokalʹ",
          "why": "Ukrainian scholarly transliteration marking the final soft sign. ALA-LC 2011 Ukrainian romanization; a systematic library-catalogue search form with the prescribed ties and soft-sign marks, not a separate English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokal'",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe form marking the final soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сокаль",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokal’",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sokal",
      "why": "Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Sokal is a town on the Western Bug in northern Lviv Oblast. Its old churches and former Bernardine monastery reflect its history on the borderlands of Galicia and Volhynia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The former Bernardine monastery lies across the river in the historic Sokal area, now associated with Zhvirka. The description concerns the wider historic town, not a claim that all monuments lie within its present limits. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .",
  "rank": 479,
  "slug": "sokal"
}