{
  "place_id": "snizhne#7667_12153",
  "wikidata": "Q1749424",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Сніжне",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Snizhne",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Snezhnoye",
          "why": "Russian-based form widely used in older English maps and reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sneznoe",
          "why": "Simplified Russian-based spelling listed by GeoNames for this city; medium confidence in use in edited English, not the Ukrainian national form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Snìžne",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sniz͡hne",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сніжне",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Snijne",
      "why": "French transcription writes Ukrainian ж as j; attested French geographical form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Snizhne",
          "why": "Same official Latin form as in English; retained by French sources using Ukrainian romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Snejnoïe",
          "why": "Russian-based French transcription, particularly in older geographical accounts."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Snizhne is a mining city in Donetsk Oblast near the eastern edge of the Donbas coalfield. Coal extraction shaped the growth of the town and surrounding settlements.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Snizhne and Russian Snezhnoye name the same city, not separate settlements.",
  "rank": 220,
  "slug": "snizhne"
}