{
  "place_id": "troitske#7772_12127",
  "wikidata": "Q4463595",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Троїцьке",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Troitske",
      "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": "Troitskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based name for this Luhansk settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Trojicʹke",
          "why": "Scholarly-style Ukrainian transliteration quoted in English reference text; not the national form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Troickoje",
          "why": "Alternative Latin rendering of the Russian name quoted in English reference text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalnivka",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian name, replaced by Novotroitske in 1815, as dated in Ukrainian reference text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalynivka",
          "why": "Historical variant of the earlier name, quoted in English reference text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novotroitske",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name used in 1815–1897, then shortened to Troitske."
        },
        {
          "name": "Troïtske",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Troyits’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Troïcʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Troït͡sʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Троїцьке",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Troïtske",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Troitskoïe",
          "why": "Russian-based French form explicitly given in the settlement entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalnivka",
          "why": "Earlier name before 1815, retained for French historical-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novotroitske",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name of 1815–1897, retained for French historical-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Troitske",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Troitskoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Troitskoïe for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Troitske is a settlement in the north of Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, close to the Russian border. It is a local service centre in a largely agricultural district.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is Troitske in northwestern Luhansk Oblast. Earlier Kalnivka and Novotroitske are historical names, not evidence of a recent renaming. Avoid confusing the settlement with numerous other Ukrainian Troitskes. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troitske ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troïtske ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Троїцьке ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troițke,_Ucraina.",
  "rank": 1281,
  "slug": "troitske"
}