{
  "place_id": "pyriatyn#7791_11806",
  "wikidata": "Q269523",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Пирятин",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pyriatyn",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Piryatin",
          "why": "Russian-based name widely used in older English sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Piriatin",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling of the Russian-derived form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pirâtin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pyryatyn",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pyri͡atyn",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Пирятин",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pyriatyn",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pyriatyne",
          "why": "French adaptation with a final e, used in geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Piriatine",
          "why": "Older Russian-mediated French transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Piryatin",
          "why": "International Russian-based spelling retained in French source citations."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pyriatyn is a town in Poltava Oblast on the Udai River. It is a transport and food-processing centre in an area of river meadows and agricultural land.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 660,
  "slug": "pyriatyn"
}