{
  "place_id": "tatarbunary#7546_11645",
  "wikidata": "Q545923",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Татарбунари",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Tatarbunary",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tatarbunar",
          "why": "Romanian historical name, used in English accounts of Bessarabia and the 1924 uprising."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tatarpınarı",
          "why": "Turkish historical form, quoted in English reference material; not the current Ukrainian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tatarbounary",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tatarbunari",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Татарбунари",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Татарбунары",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tatarbounary",
      "why": "Attested French reference form with ou for у; international Ukrainian Tatarbunary also occurs in cited titles.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tatarbunar",
          "why": "Romanian form relevant to French accounts of Bessarabia and the 1924 uprising."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tatarbunary",
          "why": "International spelling used when French sources preserve Ukrainian romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tatarpınarı",
          "why": "Turkish form explicitly given in the French reference entry."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Tatarbunary is a town in the Budjak region of Odesa Oblast, near the head of Sasyk Lagoon. Its name is closely associated with the uprising against Romanian rule in 1924.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatarbunary ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatarbounary.",
  "rank": 902,
  "slug": "tatarbunary"
}