{
  "place_id": "staryi-sambir#7746_11277",
  "wikidata": "Q1025844",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Старий Самбір",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Staryi Sambir",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stary Sambor",
          "why": "Polish historical name, also used in English historical and genealogical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staremiasto",
          "why": "Older Polish name explicitly given in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stare Miasto",
          "why": "Spaced version of the older Polish name; not a generic reference to any old town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryy Sambor",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Altshtat",
          "why": "Jewish-community name quoted in English historical or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alt Stat",
          "why": "Alternative Jewish-community spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ir Yashan",
          "why": "Hebrew historical community name indexed in English naming data; English prose frequency uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryj Sambir",
          "why": "Scholarly-style spelling indexed in English naming data; exact system attribution not established."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryï Sambir",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryy Sambir",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starij Sambìr",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryĭ Sambir",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Старий Самбір",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Staryï Sambir",
      "why": "French reference heading uses ï in the first word; Stary Sambor also appears in its historical introduction.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stary Sambor",
          "why": "Polish historical name and Russian-based form both printed in French reference prose; the source does not distinguish them consistently."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryi Sambir",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Staryi Sambir is a small city near the Dniester in the Carpathian foothills of Lviv Oblast. Its name distinguishes it from the larger city of Sambir farther downstream.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Staryi Sambir is distinct from the larger Sambir. Polish Stary Sambor/Staremiasto and Jewish Altshtat refer to this town; do not use an unqualified Sambor as a universal synonym. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staryi_Sambir ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staryï_Sambir.",
  "rank": 1399,
  "slug": "staryi-sambir"
}