{
  "place_id": "tsyrkuny#7782_12021",
  "wikidata": "Q4505870",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Циркуни",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Tsyrkuny",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tsirkuny",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tsyrkouny",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cirkuni",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "T͡syrkuny",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Циркуни",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tsyrkouny",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tsyrkuny",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Tsyrkuny is a village on the Kharkiv River just northeast of Kharkiv. Its suburban landscape includes housing, gardens and nearby woodland.",
  "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/Tsyrkuny ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsyrkouny.",
  "rank": 1467,
  "slug": "tsyrkuny"
}