{
  "place_id": "orhiiv#7632_11601",
  "wikidata": "Q423258",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Orhei",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Orhei",
      "why": "Current Romanian-language local name, retained in English in its native Latin spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Orgeyev",
          "why": "Russian-based English name in older maps and histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Orgeev",
          "why": "Alternative Russian-based English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Orheiu",
          "why": "Older Romanian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Оргеев",
          "why": "Russian original-script name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Orhei",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Orgueïev",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French geographical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Orgueev",
          "why": "Plain-letter version of the Russian-mediated French form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Orheiu",
          "why": "Older Romanian form in historical sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Orhei is a town on the Răut in central Moldova. The nearby Orheiul Vechi archaeological and cave-monastery landscape lies outside the modern town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Do not identify modern Orhei with Orheiul Vechi, a separate historic landscape near Trebujeni. Input label 'Оргіїв' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 451,
  "slug": "orhei"
}