{
  "place_id": "mezhova#7680_12040",
  "wikidata": "Q111669",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Межова",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mezhova",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mezhevaya",
          "why": "Russian-based name; the ending differs from the Ukrainian form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mejova",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mežova",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mez͡hova",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Межова",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mejova",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mejevaïa",
          "why": "Russian-based French alternative explicitly given in references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mezhova",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mejevaia",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Mejevaïa for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mezhova is a settlement in eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine. Its railway station and road links serve the surrounding grain-growing countryside.",
  "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/Mezhova ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mejova.",
  "rank": 1282,
  "slug": "mezhova"
}