{
  "place_id": "chasiv-yar#7699_12101",
  "wikidata": "Q2415330",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Часів Яр",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chasiv Yar",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement gives the same spelling here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chasov Yar",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chasov-Yar",
          "why": "Hyphenated Russian-based form found in older geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchassiv Iar",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Časìv Âr",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chasiv I͡ar",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Часів Яр",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchassiv Iar",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; tch renders ч and Iar is a French rendering of Яр. French reporting also varies between Iar and Yar.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tchassiv Yar",
          "why": "French press variant retaining Yar; both Iar and Yar occur in reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chasiv Yar",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling also used in French reporting, alongside Tchassiv Iar."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchassov Iar",
          "why": "Older Russian-based French transcription of Часов Яр."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chasiv Yar is a city west of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. It developed around refractory clay and brick production, and fighting during Russia's full-scale invasion devastated its built-up area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input Wikidata Q25445796 and GeoNames 710914 identify the railway station, while the local name and supplied population describe the city. Wikidata corrected to the city item Q2415330, linked from the city reference article; place_id is preserved. The description avoids a claim about present military control. Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 801,
  "slug": "chasiv-yar"
}