{
  "place_id": "volodymyr#7824_11351",
  "wikidata": "Q33544",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Володимир",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Volodymyr",
      "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. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Volodymyr-Volynskyi",
          "why": "Former official Ukrainian compound name, shortened to Volodymyr in 2021."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodymyr Volynskyi",
          "why": "Unhyphenated form of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vladimir-Volynsky",
          "why": "Established Russian-based spelling of the former compound name in older English sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vladimir-Volynskiy",
          "why": "Russian romanization variant of the former compound name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Włodzimierz Wołyński",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English histories of Volhynia and interwar Poland."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wlodzimierz Wolynski",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish historical form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lodomeria",
          "why": "Medieval Latin name associated with the city and later used in a wider territorial title; historical context is essential."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volodimir",
          "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": "Володимир",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Volodymyr",
      "why": "Current shortened Ukrainian name retained in French; the older compound and Russian-based forms remain common in historical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Volodymyr-Volynskyï",
          "why": "French-adapted spelling of the former official compound name, shortened in 2021."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vladimir-Volynski",
          "why": "Russian-based form used in older French geographical and historical works."
        },
        {
          "name": "Włodzimierz Wołyński",
          "why": "Polish historical name retained in French accounts of Volhynia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lodomérie",
          "why": "French form of the Latin-derived historical name; also denotes a broader historical territory and title, not simply the modern city."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Volodymyr is a historic city in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its cathedral and earthworks recall its importance as a princely centre of medieval Volhynia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The Ukrainian parliament shortened the official name in 2021. Lodomeria/Lodomérie has both a city origin and a broader territorial meaning; it is not an unrestricted present-day alias.",
  "rank": 268,
  "slug": "volodymyr"
}