{
  "place_id": "henichesk#7565_11933",
  "wikidata": "Q761130",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Генічеськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Henichesk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Genichesk",
          "why": "Russian-based English name, common in Soviet-era and later reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Heniches’k",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling preserving the soft sign with a curly apostrophe. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Heniches'k",
          "why": "ASCII apostrophe variant of the older Ukrainian transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Genìčesʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Henichesʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Henitchesk",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Guenitchesk",
          "why": "French-style Russian-mediated form, useful for older maps and press searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Genichesk",
          "why": "Russian-based international form sometimes retained without French adaptation. French use is less consistent than the Ukrainian-based Henitchesk."
        },
        {
          "name": "Henichesk",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling retained in French texts that follow Ukrainian name forms; see the English entry for the system."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Henichesk is a port town in Kherson Oblast by the strait connecting the Syvash lagoons with the Sea of Azov. It lies close to the northern end of the Arabat Spit.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 507,
  "slug": "henichesk"
}