{
  "place_id": "ochakiv#7589_11752",
  "wikidata": "Q850072",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Очаків",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ochakiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical. The ALA-LC 2011 result is identical.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ochakov",
          "why": "Established Russian-based English name, prominent in histories of the fortress and its sieges."
        },
        {
          "name": "Otchakov",
          "why": "French historical spelling of the Russian name, especially in writing about the Ottoman fortress and Russian sieges."
        },
        {
          "name": "Özi",
          "why": "Ottoman Turkish name used in English Ottoman history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oczaków",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English discussions of the Polish–Ottoman borderlands."
        },
        {
          "name": "Očakìv",
          "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": "Очаків",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Otchakiv",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using tch for the sound written ch in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ochakov",
          "why": "Russian-based international spelling in French name inventories; French prose commonly adapts ch to tch."
        },
        {
          "name": "Otchakov",
          "why": "Long-standing French historical form, still useful for the fortress and eighteenth-century sieges."
        },
        {
          "name": "Özi",
          "why": "Ottoman name for French historical searches; not a present-day French main."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oczaków",
          "why": "Polish name for French historical retrieval; frequency in French prose is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ochakiv",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ochakiv is a coastal town in Mykolaiv Oblast, overlooking the Dnieper–Bug estuary opposite the Kinburn Spit. Its former fortress controlled an important approach to the Black Sea.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Özi is the Ottoman name; ancient settlements in the vicinity are not treated as unrestricted synonyms for the modern town.",
  "rank": 718,
  "slug": "ochakiv"
}