{
  "place_id": "maiaky#7578_11681",
  "wikidata": "Q2072354",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Маяки",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Maiaky",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mayaki",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Maïaky",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mayaky",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Maâki",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mai͡aky",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Маяки",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Maïaky",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Maiaky",
          "why": "International spelling for French texts citing Ukrainian or English sources; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mayaky",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Maâki",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mai͡aky",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Maiaky is a village southwest of Odesa, near the mouth of the Dniester. It serves a surrounding rural community where the river approaches the Dniester estuary.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Maiaky here is Q2072354 in Odesa Raion by the Dniester, not the locality-disambiguation item Q4286389 reached by the short English title. Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2072354 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiaky,_Odesa_Raion,_Odesa_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maïaky_(raïon_d'Odessa).",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1543,
  "slug": "maiaky"
}