{
  "place_id": "koziatyn#7762_11601",
  "wikidata": "Q369383",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Козятин",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Koziatyn",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kozyatyn",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using ya. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kazatin",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling in older English maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kozatyn",
          "why": "Polish historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kozâtin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Козятин",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kozi͡atyn",
          "why": "ALA-LC 2011 Ukrainian romanization; a systematic library-catalogue search form with the prescribed ties and soft-sign marks, not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Koziatyn",
      "why": "Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kazatine",
          "why": "Russian-based French geographical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kazatin",
          "why": "International Russian-based spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Koziatyn is a town in Vinnytsia Oblast in central Ukraine. Its large railway junction and ornate station building are central to its identity.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Do not substitute the Russian vowel a in the Ukrainian main form. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .",
  "rank": 446,
  "slug": "koziatyn"
}