{
  "place_id": "svesa#7886_11885",
  "wikidata": "Q637218",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Свеса",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Svesa",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Svessa",
          "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": "Свеса",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Svessa",
      "why": "French reference heading doubles s between vowels: Svessa.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Svesa",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling; the French heading doubles s between vowels."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Svesa is a settlement near Yampil in northern Ukraine's Sumy Oblast. Its development is associated with a pump manufacturing plant.",
  "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/Svesa ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svessa ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Свеса ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Свэса ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svesa.",
  "rank": 1394,
  "slug": "svesa"
}