{
  "place_id": "rybnytsia#7653_11611",
  "wikidata": "Q216363",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Rîbnița",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rîbnița",
      "why": "Romanian-script name used in Moldovan geographical references; preferred here over Russian-based Rybnitsa.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ribnita",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Romanian-script name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rîbniţa",
          "why": "Older Romanian typography uses t-cedilla instead of t-comma; the same place name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Râbnița",
          "why": "Romanian orthographic variant using â within the word; Moldovan official lists commonly retain î here."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rybnitsa",
          "why": "Established Russian-based English form, also used by the de facto Transnistrian administration."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rybnytsia",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based romanization of Рибниця under the Ukrainian national 2010 system."
        },
        {
          "name": "Рыбница",
          "why": "Russian Cyrillic name, also the spelling used in Moldovan Cyrillic."
        },
        {
          "name": "Рибниця",
          "why": "Ukrainian Cyrillic name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rîbnița",
      "why": "Same Romanian-script form as in English; attested in French references alongside Rybnitsa.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rybnitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based form also current in French accounts of Transnistria."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ribnita",
          "why": "French typography sometimes drops both Romanian diacritics."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rîbniţa",
          "why": "Legacy t-cedilla typography in French references to the Romanian-script name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Râbnița",
          "why": "Variant reflecting Romanian â spelling; distinguish it from the Moldovan official î form."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rîbnița is an industrial city on the east bank of the Dniester, opposite Rezina in Moldova. Its steelworks are a major feature of the economy of the Transnistrian region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "MD denotes internationally recognized sovereignty. The city is administered by the de facto Transnistrian authorities; Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian naming traditions coexist. No recent municipal renaming is implied by î/â or ț/ţ variation.",
  "rank": 217,
  "slug": "ribnita"
}