{
  "place_id": "vilshany#7780_11993",
  "wikidata": "Q4334474",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Вільшани",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vilshany",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Olshany",
          "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": "Vilshani",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling indexed for the settlement; not the national 2010 form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilchany",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vil’shany",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vìlʹšani",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilʹshany",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Вільшани",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vilchany",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vilshany",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vilshany is a settlement northwest of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. It lies in the Udy river basin near Peresichne and Solonytsivka.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilshany ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilchany ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вільшани_(селище) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вільшаны.",
  "rank": 1355,
  "slug": "vilshany"
}