{
  "place_id": "mohyliv-podilskyi#7691_11543",
  "wikidata": "Q997469",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Могилів-Подільський",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mohyliv-Podilskyi",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mogilev-Podolsky",
          "why": "Traditional Russian-based English form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mogilev-Podolskiy",
          "why": "Russian romanization retaining the adjectival ending."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mohyliv-Podilsky",
          "why": "Shortened Ukrainian-based spelling common in international references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mohyliv Podilskyi",
          "why": "Unhyphenated index variant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mohylów Podolski",
          "why": "Historical Polish name used in English histories and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mogilìv-Podìlʹsʹkij",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Могилів-Подільський",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mohyliv-Podilsky",
      "why": "Ukrainian-based form used in French geographical references, conventionally shortening the final adjectival ending; normally used without an article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mohyliv-Podilskyi",
          "why": "International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice."
        },
        {
          "name": "Moguilev-Podolski",
          "why": "Russian-based French name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mohylów Podolski",
          "why": "Polish historical form encountered in French accounts of the former Polish territories; not a modern French transcription."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mohyliv-Podilskyi is a city in Vinnytsia Oblast on the Dniester, opposite Otaci in Moldova. It is an old trading centre and a crossing point between Ukraine and Moldova.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Not Mogilev/Mahiliou in Belarus. French sources vary in their treatment of the final Ukrainian adjectival ending. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 342,
  "slug": "mohyliv-podilskyi"
}