{
  "place_id": "serednie-vodiane#7665_11327",
  "wikidata": "Q831752",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Середнє Водяне",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Serednie Vodiane",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Apșa de Mijloc",
          "why": "Romanian community name used in regional and church references to this Romanian-speaking village."
        },
        {
          "name": "Apşa de Mijloc",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian typography with cedilla rather than comma-below ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serednia Apsha",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name; replaced by Serednie Vodiane in 1946."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sredneye Vodyanoye",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serednye Vodyane",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serednê Vodâne",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seredni͡e Vodi͡ane",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Середнє Водяне",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Apsa de Mijloc",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Apșa de Mijloc for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Serednie Vodiane",
      "why": "Same as in English; no separate established French prose name was verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Serednye Vodyane",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serednê Vodâne",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seredni͡e Vodi͡ane",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Serednie Vodiane is a village in the Tiachiv area of Zakarpattia Oblast. Its Romanian name, Apșa de Mijloc, reflects the Romanian-speaking communities of this part of the Tisza valley.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Romanian Apșa de Mijloc is a concurrent community name. Former Ukrainian Serednia Apsha replaced in 1946 according to regional accounts; Romanian-language population figures disagree across references and are not reproduced. A church historical biography also confirms the 1946 change. https://mgce.uz.ua/blog/history/bobyk-myhajlo-mefodij/ Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Independent French locality-reference attestation is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q831752 ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Середнє_Водяне ; https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serednie_Wodiane ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apșa_de_Mijloc,_Rahău.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1596,
  "slug": "serednie-vodiane"
}