{
  "place_id": "sniatyn#7691_11420",
  "wikidata": "Q156818",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Снятин",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sniatyn",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Snyatyn",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English form with ya for я. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Snyatin",
          "why": "Russian-based or older mixed English form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Śniatyn",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Śniatyń",
          "why": "Historical Polish variant given in the French reference entry; English frequency is uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sniatin",
          "why": "Historical German/Romanian-mediated spelling used in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sneatîn",
          "why": "Romanian name quoted in border-region reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Snâtin",
          "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": "Sni͡atyn",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Снятин",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Снятын",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sneatin",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Sneatîn for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sniatyn",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sniatine",
          "why": "Russian-derived French form, with final e reflecting French spelling habits."
        },
        {
          "name": "Śniatyń",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly given in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Śniatyn",
          "why": "Other historical Polish spelling useful in French citations."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Sniatyn is a town on the Prut in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. Its tall town hall is a landmark of the historic Pokuttia region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "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/Sniatyn ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniatyn.",
  "rank": 976,
  "slug": "sniatyn"
}