{
  "place_id": "ilovaisk#7662_12121",
  "wikidata": "Q2415345",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Іловайськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ilovaisk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ilovaysk",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian and Russian-mediated English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ilovais’k",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian transcription retaining the soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ìlovajsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ilovays’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ilovaĭsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Іловайськ",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ilovays'k",
          "why": "ASCII apostrophe version of the BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian retrieval spelling; not an additional official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ilovaïsk",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ilovaisk",
          "why": "International spelling without the French diaeresis."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ilovaysk",
          "why": "English-style spelling retained in some French source citations."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ilovaisk is a town in Donetsk Oblast whose development centred on a major railway junction. It became internationally known for the fighting and encirclement of Ukrainian forces there in 2014.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 649,
  "slug": "ilovaisk"
}