{
  "place_id": "ryshkany#7664_11530",
  "wikidata": "Q1022131",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Rîșcani",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rîșcani",
      "why": "Official Romanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Râșcani",
          "why": "Romanian spelling with â, attested alongside Rîșcani in English references; not a separate settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rîşcani",
          "why": "Legacy cedilla typography of the Romanian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ryshkany",
          "why": "Russian-based international form of Рышканы."
        },
        {
          "name": "Riscani",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Rîșcani for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rascani",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Râșcani for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rîșcani",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rîşcani",
          "why": "Legacy cedilla typography indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Râșcani",
          "why": "Romanian â spelling for French source matching; no separate French editorial preference established."
        },
        {
          "name": "Riscani",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Rîșcani for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rascani",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Râșcani for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rîșcani is a town in northern Moldova and the centre of its namesake district. It serves the agricultural country northwest of Bălți.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is the northern Moldovan town, not Chișinău’s Rîșcani sector. Rîșcani and Râșcani coexist in references; the main follows the supplied locality’s usual official spelling. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rîșcani ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rîșcani.",
  "rank": 1127,
  "slug": "riscani"
}