{
  "place_id": "faleshty#7642_11539",
  "wikidata": "Q2078085",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Fălești",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Fălești",
      "why": "Current official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Făleşti",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian typography with ş rather than the modern comma-below ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Faleshty",
          "why": "Russian-based English form from Фалешты."
        },
        {
          "name": "Faleshti",
          "why": "English phonetic rendering of the Romanian name, using sh for ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Falesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Fălești for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Fălești",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Făleşti",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian cedilla typography still encountered in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Falești",
          "why": "Partially deaccented spelling appearing in the French reference heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Falesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Fălești for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Fălești is a town in northwestern Moldova, west of Bălți. It is the administrative centre of its district and a local service centre for the surrounding farming communities.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 829,
  "slug": "falesti"
}