{
  "place_id": "kamchyk#7555_11649",
  "wikidata": "Q4187759",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Камчик",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kamchyk",
      "why": "Current official name restored in 2024; Ukrainian national romanization (2010) gives Kamchyk. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also matches ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kamchik",
          "why": "Historical/international spelling using i for Cyrillic и; also a Bulgarian-based romanization, not the Ukrainian national form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Camcic",
          "why": "Romanian historical spelling used in regional references; independent English frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zoria",
          "why": "Former official Ukrainian name, replaced by restored Kamchyk in September 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zarya",
          "why": "Russian spelling of the former name; replaced in Ukrainian law in 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kamtchyk",
          "why": "French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kamčik",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Камчик",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kamtchyk",
      "why": "Current French locality heading Kamtchyk uses tch; the historical Zoria is an alternative after the 2024 renaming.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zoria",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced in 2024; historical French source-matching form, independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Camcic",
          "why": "Romanian historical form for French Bessarabian source matching; French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kamchyk",
          "why": "International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kamčik",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kamchyk is a village in the Sarata area of Odesa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine. It was founded by Bulgarian settlers, and its historical name was restored in 2024.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Historical Kamchyk restored from Zoria by resolution 3984-IX adopted 19 September 2024. English naming-data label Kamchіk contains a Cyrillic і amid Latin letters; rejected as mixed-script data corruption, not invented as a separate exonym. French heading Kamtchyk verified. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-IX ; https://uinp.gov.ua/index.php/dekomunizaciya-ta-reabilitaciya/ekspertna-komisiya-uinp/fahovi-vysnovky-ekspertnoyi-komisiyi/selo-zorya-bilgorod-dnistrovskogo-rayonu-odeskoyi-oblasti Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4187759 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamtchyk ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Камчик ; https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamczyk ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camcic,_Cetatea_Albă ; https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamčykas.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1643,
  "slug": "kamchyk"
}