{
  "place_id": "prymorsk#7596_12019",
  "wikidata": "Q760230",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Приморськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Prymorsk",
      "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": "Primorsk",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nohaysk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Prymorsk in 1964."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nogaysk",
          "why": "Russian form of the earlier name, replaced in 1964."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nogaisk",
          "why": "Alternative English spelling of the historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prymors’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prymors'k",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form; standard-derived retrieval variant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Primorsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prymorsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Приморськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Prymorsk",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Primorsk",
          "why": "Russian-based form also used in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nogaïsk",
          "why": "French transcription of the former name, replaced in 1964."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nogaisk",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Nogaïsk for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Prymorsk is a town near the Sea of Azov in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It developed on the Obitochna River and is associated with seaside recreation and the nearby coastal spit.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 869,
  "slug": "prymorsk"
}