{
  "place_id": "bolhrad#7537_11589",
  "wikidata": "Q890122",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Болград",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bolhrad",
      "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. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bolgrad",
          "why": "Russian- and Bulgarian-based form widely used in English Bessarabian history. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolgrad (Bessarabia)",
          "why": "Historical English geographical disambiguation."
        },
        {
          "name": "Болград",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bolhrad",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bolgrad",
          "why": "Traditional Russian- and Bulgarian-mediated name in French accounts of Bessarabia."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bolhrad is a town in southern Odesa Oblast near Lake Yalpuh. It is an important centre of the Bulgarian community in Bessarabia and is known for its historic Bulgarian school.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 671,
  "slug": "bolhrad"
}