{
  "place_id": "mahdalynivka#7717_11939",
  "wikidata": "Q1011449",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Магдалинівка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mahdalynivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Magdalinovka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Magdalinìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Магдалинівка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mahdalynivka",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Magdalinovka",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mahdalynivka is a settlement on the Chaplynka River in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It lies in the open agricultural landscape of the Dnipro lowlands.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdalynivka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdalynivka.",
  "rank": 1464,
  "slug": "mahdalynivka"
}