{
  "place_id": "avdiivka#7674_12097",
  "wikidata": "Q791673",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Авдіївка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Avdiivka",
      "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": "Avdeyevka",
          "why": "Russian-based form widely used in older English reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Avdeevka",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling without the glide, common in international reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Avdiyivka",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling retaining yi in the middle of the name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Avdiïvka",
          "why": "French transcription encountered in French-language references quoted by English texts; a cross-language form, not an English standard."
        },
        {
          "name": "Avdìïvka",
          "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": "Авдіївка",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Avdiïvka",
      "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": "Avdiivka",
          "why": "International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice."
        },
        {
          "name": "Avdeïevka",
          "why": "Russian-based French form, common in older reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Avdeevka",
          "why": "Russian-based international form also encountered in French news."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Avdiivka is a city in Donetsk Oblast, north of Donetsk. It was a major coke-producing centre and has suffered devastating destruction during Russia’s war against Ukraine.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "No current population or claim about territorial control is inferred from the prewar input population. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 325,
  "slug": "avdiivka"
}