{
  "place_id": "svaliava#7697_11277",
  "wikidata": "Q146551",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Свалява",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Svaliava",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Svalyava",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English form using ya for medial я. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svaljava",
          "why": "Scholarly and Central European transcription using j for the glide."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szolyva",
          "why": "Hungarian name used in English histories of Transcarpathia and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svalava",
          "why": "Czech and Slovak form, relevant to the Czechoslovak period and regional tourism."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwalbach",
          "why": "Historical German name used in genealogical reference works; ambiguous with German spa towns."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svalâva",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svali͡ava",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Svaliava",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Svalyava",
          "why": "Older international transcription retained in French texts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szolyva",
          "why": "Hungarian historical name used in French discussions of the former Kingdom of Hungary."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svalava",
          "why": "Czech and Slovak name encountered in French accounts of Czechoslovak Ruthenia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwalbach",
          "why": "Historical German form relevant to French archival citations; not a German town of that name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Svaliava is a town in Zakarpattia Oblast in the valley of the Latorytsia River. Mineral springs in the surrounding Carpathian countryside have supported a tradition of spa treatment.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 585,
  "slug": "svaliava"
}