{
  "place_id": "lokhvytsia#7797_11848",
  "wikidata": "Q269512",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Лохвиця",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lokhvytsia",
      "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": "Lokhvitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lokhvytsya",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using ya for я. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently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": "Lohvicâ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lokhvyt͡si͡a",
          "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": "Лохвиця",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Lokhvytsia",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lokhvitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based form given in French reference material."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lokhvytsia is a town on the Lokhvytsia River in Poltava Oblast. Its older centre reflects a history as a Cossack administrative and trading settlement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 853,
  "slug": "lokhvytsia"
}