{
  "place_id": "vasylkiv#7787_11684",
  "wikidata": "Q997421",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Васильків",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vasylkiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vasilkov",
          "why": "Established Russian-based English spelling of Васильков."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wasylków",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling, encountered in English works using Polish sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wasylkow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vasyl’kiv",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 geographical romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vasilʹkìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vasylʹkiv",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Васильків",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vassylkiv",
      "why": "French usage doubles s between vowels; Vassylkiv appears in Swiss French reporting and French official cultural material.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vasylkiv",
          "why": "Same official Latin form as in English; French sources may keep the single s."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vassilkov",
          "why": "Older Russian-based French spelling, distinct from Ukrainian-based Vassylkiv."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vasylkiv is a city on the Stuhna River in Kyiv Oblast south of Kyiv. Its hilltop churches and earthworks reflect its long history as a fortified settlement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "French Vassylkiv is attested by Le Temps and the Institut français d’Ukraine; it is not an independent municipal renaming.",
  "rank": 274,
  "slug": "vasylkiv"
}