{
  "place_id": "stanytsia-luhanska#7702_12194",
  "wikidata": "Q4439422",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Станиця Луганська",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Stanytsia Luhanska",
      "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": "Stanitsa Luganskaya",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanichno-Luganskoye",
          "why": "Former Russian name, replaced in 2007; retained for older English geographical records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanytsia Louhanska",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanytsya Luhans’ka",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanytsya Luhans'ka",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form; standard-derived retrieval variant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanicâ Lugansʹka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanyt͡si͡a Luhansʹka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Станиця Луганська",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Stanytsia Louhanska",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; ou represents Ukrainian у in Louhanska.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stanitsa Louganskaïa",
          "why": "Russian-based French transcription found in older reporting; ou and ï reflect French spelling conventions."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanitchno-Louganskoïe",
          "why": "French rendering of the former Russian name, replaced in 2007; medium confidence in French textual frequency."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanitsa Louganskaia",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Stanitsa Louganskaïa for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stanitchno-Louganskoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Stanitchno-Louganskoïe for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Stanytsia Luhanska is a settlement on the Siverskyi Donets northeast of Luhansk. It grew from a Don Cossack stanitsa, and its river crossing became an important route across the front line in the war in Donbas.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The earlier name Stanychno-Luhanske was replaced by Stanytsia Luhanska in 2007. The former administrative label should not be mistaken for a separate settlement. Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 800,
  "slug": "stanytsia-luhanska"
}