{
  "place_id": "kakhovka#7600_11859",
  "wikidata": "Q995152",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Каховка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kakhovka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kahovka",
          "why": "Simplified Latin transcription without the k in kh; secondary to the national romanization. ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kachowka",
          "why": "Polish/German-style historical spelling found in European geographical and military sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Каховка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kakhovka",
      "why": "Same form as in English; established French geographical usage. Same spelling as in English; used in French geographical and historical writing.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kakhovka is a city in Kherson Oblast on the lower Dnipro. River trade, agriculture and food processing shaped its development.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Distinct from Nova Kakhovka, the planned city beside the destroyed dam. The description avoids treating the former reservoir as an intact present feature.",
  "rank": 291,
  "slug": "kakhovka"
}