{
  "place_id": "krasnoilsk#7667_11421",
  "wikidata": "Q1786728",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Красноїльськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Krasnoilsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krasnoyilsk",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling with yi for ї."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krasnoilsk’",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based form retaining the final soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Crasna",
          "why": "Romanian community name, used in English accounts of Bukovina."
        },
        {
          "name": "Crasna-Ilschi",
          "why": "Qualified Romanian historical and community name; distinguishes it from other places named Crasna."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krasna Ilski",
          "why": "German historical form recorded in English reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krasnojilsk",
          "why": "German transcription recorded in geographical references; not a different settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krasnoïlsk",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krasnoyil’s’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krasnoyil's'k",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form, for matching older name indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krasnoïlʹsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Красноїльськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Красноильск",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Krasnoïlsk",
      "why": "French reference form using ï in the vowel sequence; the Romanian community name Crasna-Ilschi is also given.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Crasna-Ilschi",
          "why": "Romanian community name explicitly given in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Crasna",
          "why": "Short Romanian community form, useful in French reporting about Bukovina; ambiguous with other settlements."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krasnoilsk",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling without French ï, useful in French source titles."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Krasnoilsk is a settlement near the Romanian border in the Bukovina region of southwestern Ukraine. Its Romanian-speaking community is known for elaborate winter Malanka celebrations.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnoilsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnoïlsk.",
  "rank": 936,
  "slug": "krasnoilsk"
}