{
  "place_id": "dolyna#7720_11333",
  "wikidata": "Q157472",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Долина",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dolyna",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dolina",
          "why": "Polish historical and Russian-based name used in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Долина",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dolyna",
      "why": "Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dolina",
          "why": "Polish historical and Russian-mediated name used in French references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dolyna is a town in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast at the edge of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Salt production and, later, the oil industry shaped its development.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The word means “valley” in Ukrainian, but Valley is not an established English name for the town. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .",
  "rank": 485,
  "slug": "dolyna"
}