{
  "place_id": "nyzhnohirskyi#7524_11929",
  "wikidata": "Q2626741",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Нижньогірський",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Nyzhnohirskyi",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nizhnegorsky",
          "why": "Russian-based English name used in older and occupation-era geographical sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nizhnegorskiy",
          "why": "Alternative English romanization of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nizhnegorskii",
          "why": "Alternative scholarly-style English romanization of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seyitler",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar name; distinct from the Ukrainian national form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seitler",
          "why": "Historical English spelling of the name replaced in 1944."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seytler",
          "why": "Alternative historical spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyjnohirskyï",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyzhn’ohirs’kyy",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nižnʹogìrsʹkij",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyz͡hnʹohirsʹkyĭ",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нижньогірський",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyjnohirskyi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Nyjnohirskyï for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Nyjnohirskyï",
      "why": "French Ukrainian-based reference spelling; Russian-derived Nijnegorski and Crimean Tatar Seyitler also appear in French references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nijnegorski",
          "why": "Russian-derived French name explicitly given in references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seyitler",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar name explicitly quoted in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seitler",
          "why": "Historical Latin spelling for French archival retrieval; replaced by the Soviet name in 1944."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyzhnohirskyi",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nyjnohirskyi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Nyjnohirskyï for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Nyzhnohirskyi is a settlement in the steppe interior of Crimea in Ukraine. It grew as a railway and agricultural service centre and was formerly known as Seitler.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty over Crimea. Nyzhnohirskyi is the Ukrainian official name; Nizhnegorsky/Nijnegorski is Russian-based and Seyitler is Crimean Tatar. The earlier name was replaced in 1944; no later official restoration is asserted. https://esu.com.ua/article-72108 Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyzhnohirskyi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyjnohirskyï.",
  "rank": 1185,
  "slug": "nyzhnohirskyi"
}