{
  "place_id": "artsyz#7555_11635",
  "wikidata": "Q719051",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Арциз",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Artsyz",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Artsiz",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling common in English historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arzis",
          "why": "German historical name used in English histories of the Bessarabian Germans."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alt-Arzis",
          "why": "German distinguishing name for the older colony, not a precise synonym for the whole present town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arțiz",
          "why": "Romanian historical name used in English accounts of Bessarabia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arţiz",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian typography using a cedilla, often found in older digital references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Artiz",
          "why": "Unaccented Romanian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arciz",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Art͡syz",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Арциз",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Artsyz",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Arzis",
          "why": "German historical name used in French accounts of the Bessarabian Germans."
        },
        {
          "name": "Artsiz",
          "why": "Russian-based international spelling in older French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arțiz",
          "why": "Romanian historical name quoted in French writing about Bessarabia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arţiz",
          "why": "Older digital Romanian typography with cedilla."
        },
        {
          "name": "Artiz",
          "why": "Accent-free Romanian historical search form."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Artsyz is a town in southern Odesa Oblast in the Budjak region. Its history includes a German settler community, and it later became an important local railway junction.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The name is associated with the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, but Arcis-sur-Aube itself is a different place and is not an alternative name for Artsyz.",
  "rank": 699,
  "slug": "artsyz"
}