{
  "place_id": "nyzhnia-krynka#7673_12120",
  "wikidata": "Q4319319",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Нижня Кринка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Nyzhnia Krynka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nizhnyaya Krynka",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling of Нижняя Крынка."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nijnïaïa Krynka",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name, printed in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyzhnya Krynka",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; a standard-derived retrieval spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nižnâ Krinka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyz͡hni͡a Krynka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нижня Кринка",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Nyjnia Krynka",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using j for the sound written zh in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nijnïaïa Krynka",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative as printed in the French reference entry; its unusual diaeresis placement is not a recommendation for general transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyzhnia Krynka",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Nyzhnia Krynka is a settlement northeast of Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It extends along the Krynka River in the industrial Donbas.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The settlement must be distinguished from other places named Krynka.",
  "rank": 717,
  "slug": "nyzhnia-krynka"
}