{
  "place_id": "shyroke#7649_11848",
  "wikidata": "Q1001092",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Широке",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Shyroke",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shirokoye",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chyroke",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Široke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Широке",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Широкое",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chyroke",
      "why": "French reference heading for the settlement near Kryvyi Rih; ch renders ш. It must be distinguished from other Ukrainian places called Shyroke.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chirokoïe",
          "why": "French transcription of Russian Широкое; medium confidence in French occurrence for this particular settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chirokoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Chirokoïe for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Shyroke is a settlement on the Inhulets south of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as a local centre for the agricultural country along this part of the river.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Settlement on the Inhulets in Kryvyi Rih Raion, not another Shyroke. French Chyroke is attested by the linked settlement entry. Location checked against the settlement council’s planning documents. https://shiroksel.otg.dp.gov.ua/storage/app/sites/55/uploaded-files/dpt.pdf Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyroke ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyroke_(oblast_de_Dnipropetrovsk).",
  "rank": 949,
  "slug": "shyroke"
}