{
  "place_id": "dobrovelychkivka#7686_11731",
  "wikidata": "Q1020100",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Добровеличківка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dobrovelychkivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dobrovelichkovka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Revutske",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian name reflected by Russian Ревуцкое in naming data; replaced in the nineteenth century, exact year unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Revutskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the earlier name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobrovelytchkivka",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobroveličkìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Добровеличківка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dobrovelytchkivka",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dobrovelichkivka",
          "why": "Alternative spelling explicitly printed in the French history; not the selected French heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobrovelychkivka",
          "why": "International spelling for French texts citing Ukrainian or English sources; independent French prose frequency unverified. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobroveličkìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dobrovelychkivka is a settlement in Kirovohrad Oblast, in the western Dnieper Upland. It is associated with a traditional claim to mark Ukraine's geographical centre, although other methods identify a different point.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Geographical-centre claim depends on calculation method and is qualified. Earlier Revutske/Revutskoye appears in local-history data; replacement year not independently verified. Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1020100 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobrovelychkivka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobrovelytchkivka.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1581,
  "slug": "dobrovelychkivka"
}