{
  "place_id": "dnistrovsk#7590_11661",
  "wikidata": "Q219547",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Dnestrovsc",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dnestrovsc",
      "why": "Current official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dnestrovsk",
          "why": "Russian-based English form used in reporting about Transnistria and its power station."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nistrovsc",
          "why": "Alternative Romanian name given in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dnistrovsk",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based rendering of Дністровськ, the supplied input name; not the preferred Moldovan Latin spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Днестровск",
          "why": "Russian and Moldovan Cyrillic spelling for matching local sources cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dnestrovsc",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dnestrovsk",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling encountered in French reporting about the power station and Transnistria."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dnestrowsk",
          "why": "German-style transcription explicitly given in the French reference entry; not the preferred French main."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nistrovsc",
          "why": "Alternative Romanian spelling for matching Moldovan sources cited in French; French frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dnestrovsc is a power-station town beside the Cuciurgan Reservoir in Moldova's Transnistrian region. Its growth is closely linked to the large Cuciurgan thermal power plant.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "local_name uses Moldovan official Latin Dnestrovsc rather than the Ukrainian input exonym Дністровськ. MD follows internationally recognized sovereignty; the town is administered by the separatist Transnistrian authorities. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnestrovsc ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnestrovsc.",
  "rank": 930,
  "slug": "dnestrovsc"
}