{
  "place_id": "oleksandrivka#7720_11790",
  "wikidata": "Q1999866",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Олександрівка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Oleksandrivka",
      "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). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Aleksandrovka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oleksandrìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Олександрівка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Oleksandrivka",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Aleksandrovka",
          "why": "Russian-based form explicitly given in French geographical references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Oleksandrivka is a settlement on the Tiasmyn River in the northern part of Ukraine's Kirovohrad Oblast. The nearby Chornyi Lis forest is associated with the region's history of Cossack and peasant resistance.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is Oleksandrivka in northern Kirovohrad Oblast on the Tiasmyn, not one of the numerous namesakes. Sources disagree on settlement status; the description uses the neutral word settlement. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandrivka,_Oleksandrivka_settlement_hromada,_Kropyvnytskyi_Raion,_Kirovohrad_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandrivka_(oblast_de_Kirovohrad) ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Олександрівка_(селище,_Кропивницький_район) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Алэксандрыўка_(Кіраваградская_вобласць).",
  "rank": 1208,
  "slug": "oleksandrivka"
}