{
  "place_id": "soroky#7675_11572",
  "wikidata": "Q853785",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Soroca",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Soroca",
      "why": "Current Romanian-language local name, retained in English in its native Latin spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Soroki",
          "why": "Russian-based historical name in English maps and histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Soroky",
          "why": "Ukrainian national romanization of Сороки, relevant to cross-border references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сороки",
          "why": "Russian and Ukrainian original-script spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Soroca",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Soroki",
          "why": "Russian-based historical form in French geographical writing."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Soroca is a town on the Dniester in northern Moldova, opposite Ukraine. Its stone fortress and prominent Roma community are important parts of its identity.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Soroca is the Romanian-language local name; no recent renaming is asserted. Input label 'Сороки' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 476,
  "slug": "soroca"
}