{
  "place_id": "tyraspol#7602_11646",
  "wikidata": "Q132572",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Tiraspol",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Tiraspol",
      "why": "Official local spelling in the Latin alphabet, retained in English; no separate romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Тирасполь",
          "why": "Russian-language name in its original script, found in Russian-language references; not the preferred English or French spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tiraspol",
      "why": "Graphie locale officielle en alphabet latin, conservée en français ; aucune romanisation distincte n’est nécessaire.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Тирасполь",
          "why": "Nom russe dans son écriture d’origine, rencontré dans les références russophones ; ce n’est pas la graphie privilégiée en anglais ou en français."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Tiraspol is a city on the eastern bank of the Dniester in Moldova. It is the administrative centre of the breakaway Transnistrian authorities and has a centre strongly marked by Soviet-era planning.",
  "about_fr": "Tiraspol est une ville de Moldavie située sur la rive orientale du Dniestr. Elle est le centre administratif des autorités séparatistes de Transnistrie et conserve un centre fortement marqué par l’urbanisme soviétique.",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Romanian local_name is Tiraspol; Russian Тирасполь is used by the de facto Transnistrian authorities. Country MD follows internationally recognized sovereignty. Alias coverage is short here: no further well-supported English/French forms were established in this pass; do not manufacture variants to meet a count.",
  "rank": 73,
  "slug": "tiraspol"
}