{
  "place_id": "vasylivka#7635_11960",
  "wikidata": "Q712272",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Василівка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vasylivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical. The ALA-LC 2011 result is identical.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vasilyevka",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling of Васильевка."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vassilievka",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vasilìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Василівка",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vassylivka",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using ss to preserve the unvoiced consonant between vowels. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vasilyevka",
          "why": "Russian-based international form; French normally adapts the vowels and doubles s."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vassilievka",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French entry; ss preserves the unvoiced consonant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vasylivka",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vasylivka is a town south of Zaporizhzhia, near the Konka River and the former Kakhovka Reservoir. The remains of the Popov estate are a prominent historical landmark.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The reservoir landscape changed after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in 2023; older descriptions of an intact reservoir shoreline are outdated.",
  "rank": 783,
  "slug": "vasylivka"
}