{
  "place_id": "inkerman#7478_11866",
  "wikidata": "Q752183",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Інкерман",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Inkerman",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical. The ALA-LC 2011 result is identical.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Inkermann",
          "why": "Established English variant, especially for the Crimean War battle."
        },
        {
          "name": "İnkerman",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar Latin name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilokamiansk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian Soviet name, used from 1976 to 1991."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belokamensk",
          "why": "Russian form of the former Soviet name, used from 1976 to 1991."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ìnkerman",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Інкерман",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Inkerman",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Inkermann",
          "why": "Established French historical spelling for the battle of 1854; distinguish battle-name usage from the current town name."
        },
        {
          "name": "İnkerman",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar local name for French regional searches; not a French transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilokamiansk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name for French historical searches, 1976–1991."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belokamensk",
          "why": "Russian form of the former name; useful in French accounts based on Soviet sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Inkerman is a town at the head of Sevastopol Bay in Crimea, near the mouth of the Chorna River. It is known for a cave monastery, limestone quarries and the nearby battlefield of the Crimean War.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty. The Soviet name was used from 1976 to 1991. Inkermann is especially frequent in French accounts of the Crimean War; the battle name is not proof of a separate current municipal spelling.",
  "rank": 732,
  "slug": "inkerman"
}