{
  "place_id": "solotvyno#7664_11325",
  "wikidata": "Q918619",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Солотвино",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Solotvyno",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Solotvina",
          "why": "Alternative historical English reference form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slatina",
          "why": "Romanian historical and community name quoted in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aknaszlatina",
          "why": "Hungarian historical or community name quoted in English Transcarpathian references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Faluszlatina",
          "why": "Hungarian name associated with the village component; historical boundaries need care."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slatinské Doly",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period name quoted in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Salzgruben",
          "why": "German historical name quoted in English geographical and historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Selotfine",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Solotvino",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Солотвино",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slatinske Doly",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Slatinské Doly for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Solotvyno",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Slatina",
          "why": "Romanian community name explicitly quoted in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aknaszlatina",
          "why": "Hungarian historical or community name retained in French accounts of Transcarpathia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slatinské Doly",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period name explicitly quoted in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slatinske Doly",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Slatinské Doly for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Solotvyno is a settlement on the Tisza opposite Sighetu Marmației in Romania. Its salt deposits supported centuries of mining and later attracted visitors to its saline lakes.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Hungarian Faluszlatina can identify an older component settlement; do not assume identical historical and modern boundaries. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solotvyno ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solotvyno.",
  "rank": 1125,
  "slug": "solotvyno"
}