{
  "place_id": "dunaivtsi#7715_11491",
  "wikidata": "Q219767",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Дунаївці",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dunaivtsi",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dunayivtsi",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian transcription representing ї with yi. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dunayevtsy",
          "why": "Russian-based name in English gazetteers and historical records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dunajowce",
          "why": "Unaccented Polish historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dunajówce",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling used in English accounts of Podolia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dunaïvcì",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dunaïvt͡si",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Дунаївці",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dounaïvtsi",
      "why": "French geographical spelling with ou and ï; attested on the French Foreign Ministry’s Ukraine map.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dounaïevtsy",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French historical form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dunajówce",
          "why": "Polish name retained in French historical accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dunajowce",
          "why": "Accent-free form of the Polish historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dunaivtsi",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling retained in French texts that follow Ukrainian name forms; see the English entry for the system."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dunaivtsi is a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in the historical region of Podolia. It developed as a market and textile-producing town serving the surrounding countryside.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The town is distinct from the smaller settlement also called Dunaivtsi around its railway station.",
  "rank": 639,
  "slug": "dunaivtsi"
}