{
  "place_id": "tavriisk#7597_11856",
  "wikidata": "Q760227",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Таврійськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Tavriisk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tavriysk",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian/Russian-based English form retaining y for й."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tavriïsk",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tavriys’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tavriys'k",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form, for matching older name indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tavrìjsʹk",
          "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": "Tavriĭsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Таврійськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Таврийск",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tavriïsk",
      "why": "French reference form with ï for й; the unaccented international Tavriisk is also used in the entry.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tavriisk",
          "why": "Same spelling as the international English form; also used in French source titles."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tavriysk",
          "why": "Russian/international transcription useful in French source citations; not the selected French main."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Tavriisk is a town beside Nova Kakhovka in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. Its development is connected with transport, industry and the canal infrastructure of the lower Dnipro.",
  "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/Tavriisk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavriisk.",
  "rank": 935,
  "slug": "tavriisk"
}