{
  "place_id": "dondushen#7679_11532",
  "wikidata": "Q1901003",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Dondușeni",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dondușeni",
      "why": "Official Romanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Donduşeni",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian typography with cedilla ş rather than comma-below ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dondyushany",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dondoșani-Gară",
          "why": "Former station-settlement name recorded for the 1930 census; exact replacement year unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Donduseni",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dondușeni for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dondosani-Gara",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dondoșani-Gară for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dondușeni",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Donduşeni",
          "why": "Legacy cedilla typography used in older French-language Romanian-name references; current Romanian spelling uses ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dondoșani-Gară",
          "why": "Earlier station-settlement name explicitly printed in French history for the 1930 census."
        },
        {
          "name": "Donduseni",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dondușeni for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dondosani-Gara",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dondoșani-Gară for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dondușeni is a town in northern Moldova and the seat of its namesake district. The modern town developed around a railway station, which is reflected in its earlier name Dondoșani-Gară.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dondușeni ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dondușeni.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1535,
  "slug": "donduseni"
}