{
  "place_id": "slobodzeia#7595_11650",
  "wikidata": "Q603400",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Slobozia",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Slobozia",
      "why": "Official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Slobodzeya",
          "why": "Russian-based name widely used in English reporting on Transnistria."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobodzeia",
          "why": "Romanized Ukrainian-style form, also reflected in the input identifier."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobodzia",
          "why": "Variant international spelling documented in historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobozia (Transnistria)",
          "why": "English geographical disambiguation, distinguishing the city in Romania and many villages."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Slobozia",
      "why": "Same as in English; the Romanian form is used on the French Foreign Ministry’s Moldova map.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Slobodzeya",
          "why": "International Russian-based spelling in French sources about Transnistria."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobozia (Transnistrie)",
          "why": "French geographical distinction from Slobozia in Romania."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slobodzeïa",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name, attested in French reference writing about Transnistria; Slobozia remains the chosen Romanian-based heading."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Slobozia is a town south of Tiraspol on the left bank of the Dniester. It is a district centre in the Transnistrian region of Moldova and serves a largely agricultural surrounding area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "MD follows internationally recognized sovereignty; this town is under the de facto administration of Transnistria. Romanian Slobozia and Russian Слободзея are parallel language forms. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 685,
  "slug": "slobozia"
}