{
  "place_id": "vulkaneshty#7538_11577",
  "wikidata": "Q1012868",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Vulcănești",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vulcănești",
      "why": "Current official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vulcăneşti",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian typography with cedilla ş."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vulkaneshty",
          "why": "Russian-based English form from Вулканешты."
        },
        {
          "name": "Valkaneş",
          "why": "Local Gagauz Latin name, used when discussing the town’s Gagauz population and institutions."
        },
        {
          "name": "Valkanes",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Gagauz name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vulcanesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Vulcănești for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vulcănești",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vulcăneşti",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian typography appearing in French sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Valkaneş",
          "why": "Gagauz name given in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vulcanesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Vulcănești for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Valkanes",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Valkaneş for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vulcănești is a town in the southern exclave of Gagauzia in Moldova. It lies on the Cahul River and is a centre of Gagauz culture near the Ukrainian border.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The town lies in Gagauzia’s southern exclave; distinguish it from the separate railway-station village administered with it. The Romanian and Gagauz forms have different orthographies.",
  "rank": 891,
  "slug": "vulcanesti"
}