{
  "place_id": "zhydachiv#7743_11340",
  "wikidata": "Q997359",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Жидачів",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zhydachiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement gives the same spelling here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zhidachov",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Żydaczów",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English historical and genealogical references to this place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zidichov",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived spelling used in Jewish historical or genealogical references; not the modern civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zhydachov",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling, mixing Ukrainian h with the historical final -ov."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jydatchiv",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Židačìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Z͡hydachiv",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Жидачів",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zydaczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Żydaczów for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jydatchiv",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; French j and tch render ж and ч.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zhydachiv",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling also usable in French; Jydatchiv adapts zh and ch to French j and tch."
        },
        {
          "name": "Żydaczów",
          "why": "Polish name used in French historical accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jidatchov",
          "why": "Russian-based French spelling given alongside Jydatchiv."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zydaczow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Żydaczów for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zhydachiv is a town on the Stryi River in Lviv Oblast. It has a medieval trading history and is associated with the Zhydachiv Hasidic tradition.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 882,
  "slug": "zhydachiv"
}