{
  "place_id": "staryi-krym#7619_12082",
  "wikidata": "Q4441079",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Старий Крим",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Staryi Krym",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stary Krym",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryy Krym",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling retaining both final y letters in Старый. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryï Krym",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starij Krim",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryĭ Krym",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Старий Крим",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Staryï Krym",
      "why": "French locality heading uses Staryï Krym; this is the Donetsk settlement, not its Crimean namesake.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Staryi Krym",
          "why": "International spelling for French texts citing Ukrainian or English sources; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryy Krym",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starij Krim",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Staryĭ Krym",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Staryi Krym is a settlement on the Kalchyk River near Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast. It was established by Greeks displaced from Crimea and took the name of a town on that peninsula.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This Staryi Krym is near Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, not the Crimean town from which its name derives. Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staryi_Krym,_Donetsk_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staryï_Krym_(oblast_de_Donetsk).",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1553,
  "slug": "staryi-krym-q4441079"
}