{
  "place_id": "rozdolne#7542_11860",
  "wikidata": "Q2506771",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Роздольне",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rozdolne",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Razdolnoye",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aqşeyh",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar historical name; Latin-script form also used in English Crimea references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aksheykh",
          "why": "Earlier name, replaced in December 1944 according to the checked English reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ak-Sheikh",
          "why": "Alternative historical English rendering of the Crimean Tatar-derived name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Deutsch-Akscheich",
          "why": "German colonial name explicitly recorded in English locality references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rozdolné",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rozdol’ne",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rozdolʹne",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Роздольне",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aqseyh",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Aqşeyh for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rozdolné",
      "why": "French locality heading uses final é: Rozdolné. The Ukrainian international spelling is also useful for French source matching.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Aqşeyh",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar name explicitly quoted in French reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Akscheich",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in the French locality reference, rather than a current French civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aksheykh",
          "why": "Historical spelling explicitly printed in French locality history; not a conventional French transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rozdolne",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aqseyh",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Aqşeyh for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rozdolne is a settlement in the northwestern part of Crimea. Its earlier name Aqşeyh reflects Crimean Tatar history, while German colonists also contributed to the development of the settlement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Country UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty over Crimea. Historical Aqşeyh/Aksheykh and German Deutsch-Akscheich are recorded; no enacted restoration replacing Rozdolne was verified. The English/French reference dates the Soviet renaming to December 1944; another Ukrainian encyclopedia dates it differently, so the date is medium certainty. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozdolne ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozdolné.",
  "rank": 1302,
  "slug": "rozdolne"
}