{
  "place_id": "dykanka#7767_11918",
  "wikidata": "Q1268711",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Диканька",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dykanka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dikanka",
          "why": "Russian-based form familiar from English translations of Gogol’s story collection."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dykańka",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dykan’ka",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dikanʹka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dykanʹka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Диканька",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dykanka",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dikanka",
          "why": "Russian-derived form used in the French literary title Les Veillées du hameau près de Dikanka."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dykańka",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French geographical references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dykanka is a settlement north of Poltava in central Ukraine. Its name is closely associated with Nikolai Gogol's early stories and with the historic Kochubey estate.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "French Dikanka is used in literary editions of Gogol. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nuit_de_la_Saint-Jean_(Nicolas_Gogol) Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dykanka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dykanka.",
  "rank": 1240,
  "slug": "dykanka"
}