{
  "place_id": "yemilchyne#7826_11544",
  "wikidata": "Q2641633",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ємільчине",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Yemilchyne",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Emilchino",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling used in English Jewish historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yemilchino",
          "why": "Alternative Russian-based transcription with an initial glide."
        },
        {
          "name": "Emilczyn",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jemilczyne",
          "why": "Polish reference spelling indexed for the settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mezhyrichka",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name recorded before the late nineteenth century; precise replacement year unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Emilchyne",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian Емільчине before initial Є was adopted in 1944, according to Ukrainian locality history; national 2010 romanization of the historical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mezhyrichky",
          "why": "Plural former-name variant Межирічки in Ukrainian locality history; replacement year unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mezhyrich",
          "why": "Short historical variant Межиріч in Ukrainian locality history; not the other villages of this name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iemiltchyne",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yemil’chyne",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Êmìlʹčine",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "I͡emilʹchyne",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ємільчине",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Iemiltchyne",
      "why": "French reference heading Iemiltchyne uses tch for ч; its naming-data label and body also use Yemiltchyne.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Emiltchino",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yemiltchyne",
          "why": "Alternative French transcription used as the French naming-data label and in the article body."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mejyritchka",
          "why": "French rendering of the former name in the locality history; recorded before the late nineteenth century."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yemilchyne",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Yemilchyne is a settlement on the upper Ubort River in Zhytomyr Oblast. It lies in the wooded Polesia region and was once home to a substantial Jewish community.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Ukrainian locality history distinguishes pre-1944 Емільчине (Emilchyne) from current Ємільчине (Yemilchyne). Mezhyrichka/Mezhyrichky/Mezhyrich were also used until the late nineteenth century. French Iemiltchyne and Yemiltchyne coexist in the checked reference. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2641633 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemilchyne ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iemiltchyne ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ємільчине.",
  "rank": 1405,
  "slug": "yemilchyne"
}