{
  "place_id": "shyriaieve#7632_11677",
  "wikidata": "Q2993511",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ширяєве",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Shyriaieve",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shiryayevo",
          "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": "Stepanivka",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name recorded in local history; replaced in the nineteenth century, with no precise year established here."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stepanovka",
          "why": "Russian form of the former Stepanivka name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chyriaïeve",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shyryayeve",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Širâêve",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shyri͡ai͡eve",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ширяєве",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chyriaieve",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Chyriaïeve for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chyriaïeve",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chiriaïevo",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shyriaieve",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chyriaieve",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Chyriaïeve for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chiriaievo",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Chiriaïevo for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Shyriaieve is a settlement in the Velykyi Kuialnyk valley in Odesa Oblast. It developed from an agricultural settlement called Stepanivka and serves the surrounding farming communities.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyriaieve ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyriaïeve.",
  "rank": 1301,
  "slug": "shyriaieve"
}