{
  "place_id": "starokostiantyniv#7764_11512",
  "wikidata": "Q997429",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Старокостянтинів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Starokostiantyniv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Starokonstantinov",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling encountered in older English maps, reporting and reference works; not the selected Ukrainian-based form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starokonstantynów",
          "why": "Historical Polish name used in English histories and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starokostyantyniv",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling using ya rather than ia inside the word."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starokostântinìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Старокостянтинів",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Starokostiantyniv",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; selected for current French use, without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Starokonstantinov",
          "why": "Russian-based French transcription, useful for older French geographical writing; not the selected Ukrainian-based form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starokonstantynów",
          "why": "Polish historical form encountered in French accounts of the former Polish territories; not a modern French transcription."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Starokostiantyniv is a city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast at the meeting of the Sluch and Ikopot rivers. Its castle recalls the Ostrogski family’s role in the history of Volhynia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": " Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 306,
  "slug": "starokostiantyniv"
}