{
  "place_id": "velyka-lepetykha#7621_11885",
  "wikidata": "Q2010740",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Велика Лепетиха",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Velyka Lepetykha",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Velikaya Lepetikha",
          "why": "Russian-based form explicitly recorded in international references; the Russian name also appears as Bolshaya Lepetikha."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolshaya Lepetikha",
          "why": "Russian name explicitly given in the English reference entry; both words differ from the Ukrainian form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velika Lepetiha",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Велика Лепетиха",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Velyka Lepetykha",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Velikaïa Lepetikha",
          "why": "Russian-derived French transcription explicitly given alongside the Ukrainian form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Grand Lépétykha",
          "why": "Partly translated French Wikidata label, with Grand for Velyka; the French reference heading instead retains Velyka Lepetykha. Low certainty as a general French usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikaia Lepetikha",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Velikaïa Lepetikha for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Grand Lepetykha",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Grand Lépétykha for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Velyka Lepetykha is a settlement in Kherson Oblast on the lower Dnipro. It stood on the shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir before the reservoir drained following the destruction of the dam in 2023.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Lepetykha ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Lepetykha.",
  "rank": 1201,
  "slug": "velyka-lepetykha"
}