{
  "place_id": "serhiivka#7556_11687",
  "wikidata": "Q2094003",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Сергіївка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Serhiivka",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sergeyevka",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sergheevca",
          "why": "Romanian historical/community form explicitly quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serghiești",
          "why": "Romanian variant explicitly quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serghieşti",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian cedilla typography."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serhiïvka",
          "why": "French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serhiyivka",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sergìïvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сергіївка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serghiesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Serghiești for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Serhiïvka",
      "why": "French locality reference heading; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sergueïevka",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; retained for older French source matching, not the current preferred heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chabolat-Sergueïevka",
          "why": "French historical compound explicitly printed for a part of the resort; not an unrestricted synonym for the whole modern settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serhiivka",
          "why": "International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sergìïvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sergueievka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Sergueïevka for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chabolat-Sergueievka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Chabolat-Sergueïevka for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Serhiivka is a resort settlement in Odesa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine. It lies beside the Budaki Estuary, separated from the Black Sea by a narrow coastal strip.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This Serhiivka is the Budaki Lagoon resort in Odesa Oblast, not a namesake elsewhere. Chabolat-Sergueïevka in French history is a narrower historical area. Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2094003 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serhiivka,_Serhiivka_settlement_hromada,_Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi_Raion,_Odesa_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serhiïvka_(communauté_territoriale_de_Serhiïvka).",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1694,
  "slug": "serhiivka"
}