{
  "place_id": "kostesht#7603_11600",
  "wikidata": "Q2443359",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Costești",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Costești",
      "why": "Official Romanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Costeşti",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian spelling with cedilla ş instead of comma-below ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Costesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Costești for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Costești",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained for French readers because a separate established French name has not been verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Costeşti",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian cedilla spelling for French source matching; independent French prose preference unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Costesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Costești for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Costești is a large village in Ialoveni District in central Moldova. It lies south of Chișinău in an area of vineyards and agricultural villages.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is the village in Ialoveni District, not the town of Costești on the Prut. No unverified population or ranking is repeated. Independent French reference attestation is limited; the main is an editorial choice. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costești,_Ialoveni.",
  "rank": 1153,
  "slug": "costesti"
}