{
  "place_id": "pervomaiske#7539_11880",
  "wikidata": "Q2368313",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Первомайське",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pervomaiske",
      "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": "Pervomayskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based form, including in Russian administration of Crimea."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pervomaiskoye",
          "why": "Alternative Russian-based English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dzhurchi",
          "why": "Historical name before the Soviet renaming in 1944."
        },
        {
          "name": "Curçı",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar Latin name; historical and indigenous form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Curci",
          "why": "Diacritic-free spelling of Crimean Tatar Curçı, indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pervomaïské",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pervomays’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pervomajsʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pervomaĭsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Первомайське",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Curcı",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Curçı for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pervomaïské",
      "why": "French reference heading uses ï and final é: Pervomaïské. This is an attested reference spelling, without a claim of uniform French official adoption.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Curçı",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar name explicitly quoted in French references, dated there as the pre-1944 name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dzhurchi",
          "why": "International form of the older name for French bibliography matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pervomayskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based international form for French source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pervomaiske",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Curcı",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Curçı for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pervomaiske is a settlement in the inland steppe of northwestern Crimea. Historically called Dzhurchi, it became a local administrative centre under its Soviet-era name.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Country UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty over Crimea. Pervomaiske remains the Ukrainian reference name checked here; no enacted restoration to Dzhurchi was verified. Crimean Tatar Curçı and pre-1944 Dzhurchi remain historical/indigenous forms. French reference heading ends in accented é: Pervomaïské. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervomaiske,_Crimea ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervomaïské.",
  "rank": 1260,
  "slug": "pervomaiske"
}