{
  "place_id": "kostiantynivka#7601_11967",
  "wikidata": "Q4231409",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Костянтинівка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kostiantynivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Konstantinovka",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostyantynivka",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling; refers here to the village beside Melitopol, not the Donetsk city. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostântinìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kosti͡antynivka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Костянтинівка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kostiantynivka",
      "why": "Same form as in English; selected for French source matching. An established distinct French exonym or press preference was not verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Konstantinovka",
          "why": "Russian-based form for French source matching; ambiguous with several other Ukrainian settlements."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kostiantynivka is a large village beside Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It lies near the Molochna River and forms part of the city's surrounding agricultural and residential area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is the village by Melitopol, identified by the input coordinates and Q4231409, not the much larger Donetsk city with the same Ukrainian name. Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 819,
  "slug": "kostiantynivka-q4231409"
}