{
  "place_id": "hornostaivka#7611_11873",
  "wikidata": "Q2453038",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Горностаївка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Hornostaivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gornostayevka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hornostaïvka",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hornostayivka",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gornostaïvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Горностаївка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Hornostaïvka",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Hornostaivka",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Hornostaivka is a settlement on the Dnipro in Kherson Oblast. It faces the area formerly covered by the Kakhovka reservoir and serves the surrounding steppe countryside.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Supplied Kherson settlement Q2453038 retained. Short English Hornostaivka leads to disambiguation Q4144638; the correct locality is Hornostaivka, Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2453038 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornostaivka,_Kakhovka_Raion,_Kherson_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornostaïvka ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Горностаївка_(селище).",
  "rank": 1473,
  "slug": "hornostaivka"
}