{
  "place_id": "sokyriany#7691_11523",
  "wikidata": "Q149173",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Сокиряни",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sokyriany",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sokiryany",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling with ya for я; also the Russian-based form of Сокиряны."
        },
        {
          "name": "Secureni",
          "why": "Romanian historical name used in English Bessarabian references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Târgu Secureni",
          "why": "Qualified Romanian historical name quoted in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokyryany",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokirâni",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokyri͡any",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сокиряни",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Targu Secureni",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Târgu Secureni for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sokyriany",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sokiriany",
          "why": "Russian-derived French form explicitly given in geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Secureni",
          "why": "Romanian historical name quoted in French references to Bessarabia."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Sokyriany is a small city in eastern Chernivtsi Oblast in Ukraine. It lies in the northern Bessarabian borderlands near Moldova.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokyriany ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokyriany.",
  "rank": 1122,
  "slug": "sokyriany"
}