{
  "place_id": "sofiivka#7670_11882",
  "wikidata": "Q82307",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Софіївка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sofiivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sofiyivka",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling using yi for ї. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sofiyevka",
          "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": "Sofiïvka",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sofìïvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Софіївка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sofiïvka",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sofiïevka",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sofiivka",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sofiievka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Sofiïevka for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Sofiivka is a settlement in the western part of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It lies in the Kamianka river valley east of Kryvyi Rih 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/Sofiivka,_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofiïvka_(oblast_de_Dnipropetrovsk) ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Софіївка_(селище,_Криворізький_район) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сафііўка_(Днепрапятроўская_вобласць) ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofiivka,_Dnipropetrovsk.",
  "rank": 1374,
  "slug": "sofiivka-q82307"
}