{
  "place_id": "alushta#7481_11910",
  "wikidata": "Q46001",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Алушта",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Alushta",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Alouchta",
          "why": "French transcription encountered in French-language references quoted by English texts; a cross-language form, not an English standard."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aluşta",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar Latin-script name, used in discussions of Crimean Tatar geography."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alušta",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Алушта",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Alouchta",
      "why": "French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Alushta",
          "why": "International spelling also found in French travel and map references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aluşta",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar form relevant to French discussions of the peninsula’s indigenous toponymy."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Alushta is a resort city on the southern coast of Crimea, between the Black Sea and the Crimean Mountains. The remains of the Aluston fortress recall its medieval history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Crimea is internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory and has been occupied by Russia since 2014. No current control assessment beyond that status is made. Less common cross-language forms are for historical or regional text recognition, not recommendations for ordinary modern prose. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 330,
  "slug": "alushta"
}