{
  "place_id": "zhovkva#7781_11331",
  "wikidata": "Q864836",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Жовква",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zhovkva",
      "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": "Żółkiew",
          "why": "Polish historical name, prominent in English writing about the Commonwealth and John III Sobieski."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zolkiew",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish historical spelling, also shared with historical German use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zholkva",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling of Жолква."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jolkva",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nesterov",
          "why": "Soviet name adopted in 1951 and replaced by the restored historical name in 1992."
        },
        {
          "name": "Scholkwa",
          "why": "German historical spelling quoted in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Žovkva",
          "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": "Z͡hovkva",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Жовква",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jovkva",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using j for the sound written zh in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Żółkiew",
          "why": "Polish name used in French histories of Sobieski and the Commonwealth."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zolkiew",
          "why": "Historical spelling identified as German in the French entry; also a diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jolkva",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nesterov",
          "why": "Former Soviet name for French historical searches; restoration dates to 1992."
        },
        {
          "name": "Scholkwa",
          "why": "German historical form explicitly given in the French entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zhovkva",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zhovkva is a town north of Lviv, laid out as a fortified Renaissance residence. Its castle, churches and synagogue preserve traces of its role in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Named Nesterov in 1951; the historical name was restored in 1992. Vynnyky denotes an earlier settlement at the site and is not used here as a present-day synonym.",
  "rank": 720,
  "slug": "zhovkva"
}