{
  "place_id": "dubossary#7625_11620",
  "wikidata": "Q688654",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Dubăsari",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dubăsari",
      "why": "Current Romanian-language local name, retained in English in its native Latin spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dubossary",
          "why": "Russian-based English form, common in reporting on Transnistria."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubosary",
          "why": "Alternative romanization of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubasari",
          "why": "Unaccented Romanian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubossari",
          "why": "Older international spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Дубоссары",
          "why": "Russian name in Cyrillic, used by the de facto authorities."
        },
        {
          "name": "Дубесарь",
          "why": "Moldovan Cyrillic spelling of the Romanian name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dubăsari",
      "why": "Romanian local spelling used in French geographical references; French also uses the Russian-mediated Doubossary.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Doubossary",
          "why": "Russian-based French transcription, also used in French discussions of the Transnistrian conflict."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubossary",
          "why": "International Russian-based spelling encountered in French reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Doubossari",
          "why": "French spelling variant of the Russian-mediated name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubasari",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dubăsari is a town on the eastern bank of the Dniester in Moldova, in the Transnistrian region. A nearby dam and reservoir are major landmarks on the river.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Country is MD regardless of de facto Transnistrian control. Dubăsarii Vechi is a separate settlement. French naming reference: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub%C4%83sari . Input label 'Дубоссари' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 404,
  "slug": "dubasari"
}