{
  "place_id": "lysianka#7736_11712",
  "wikidata": "Q1879003",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Лисянка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lysianka",
      "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": "Lysyanka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyssianka",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lisânka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lysi͡anka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лисянка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Lyssianka",
      "why": "French reference heading doubles s to maintain its unvoiced sound and uses ia for я.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lysyanka",
          "why": "Russian-based international form for French source matching; French entry instead uses Lyssianka."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lysianka",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lysianka is a settlement on the Hnylyi Tikych River in Ukraine's Cherkasy Oblast. It lies in the historic landscape of Right-Bank Ukraine and the Cossack uprisings.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysianka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyssianka.",
  "rank": 1279,
  "slug": "lysianka"
}