{
  "place_id": "zhashkiv#7736_11672",
  "wikidata": "Q219770",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Жашків",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zhashkiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zhashkov",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling of Жашков."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jachkov",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Žaškìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Z͡hashkiv",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Жашків",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jachkiv",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using j and ch for the sounds written zh and sh in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Jachkov",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zhashkiv",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zhashkiv is a town in western Cherkasy Oblast, on the road between Kyiv and Odesa. It is a local administrative and agricultural centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 719,
  "slug": "zhashkiv"
}