{
  "place_id": "chadyr-lunha#7558_11601",
  "wikidata": "Q1012924",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Ceadîr-Lunga",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ceadîr-Lunga",
      "why": "Romanian Latin-script name used locally and retained in English; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ceadâr-Lunga",
          "why": "Alternative Romanian spelling using â inside the word; recorded in English reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ceadir-Lunga",
          "why": "Diacritic-free version of the Romanian spelling. Diacritic-free search and plain-text spelling of the local Latin name; not a separate official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Çadır-Lunga",
          "why": "Gagauz Latin local name, quoted in English descriptions of Gagauzia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Çadır",
          "why": "Short Gagauz local name, also recorded in the Wikidata name inventory."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chadyr-Lunga",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling of Чадыр-Лунга, found in international English geographical material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ciadîr Lunga",
          "why": "Variant spelling recorded in French reference material, which itself marks it as needing a source; low confidence in wider use."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ceadîr-Lunga",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ceadâr-Lunga",
          "why": "Romanian orthographic variant for French searches; no claim of a distinct French exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ceadir-Lunga",
          "why": "Romanian name without the circumflex, useful in French indexes and URLs. Same local name without its diacritics, useful in French indexes, URLs and plain-text sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Çadır-Lunga",
          "why": "Gagauz name for French-language material about the autonomous region; not a French transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Çadır",
          "why": "Short Gagauz name; French textual frequency remains unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ciadîr Lunga",
          "why": "Variant printed in the French reference entry with a citation-needed warning; low confidence in established French usage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ceadîr-Lunga is a town in the autonomous region of Gagauzia in southern Moldova, in the Lunga valley near the Ukrainian border. It is an important local centre of Gagauz culture.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Romanian and Gagauz are both relevant local naming languages; Çadır and Çadır-Lunga are Gagauz forms. Romanian î/â spelling variation is not a municipal renaming.",
  "rank": 704,
  "slug": "ceadir-lunga"
}