{
  "place_id": "matviivka#7612_11773",
  "wikidata": "Q4284589",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Матвіївка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Matviivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Matveyevka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Matviyivka",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Matvìïvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Matviïvka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Матвіївка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Matviivka",
      "why": "Same as in English; no separate established French form was verified.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Matviivka is a neighbourhood on the northern side of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine. It occupies a riverside area along the Southern Bug and was formerly a separate village.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Matviivka here is part of Mykolaiv, not a still-independent village or a namesake elsewhere in the oblast. Supplied Q4284589 retained. Mykolaiv incorporation recorded in 1996. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mykolaiv Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Independent French settlement-reference attestation is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4284589 ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Матвіївка_(Миколаїв).",
  "rank": 1429,
  "slug": "matviivka"
}