{
  "place_id": "velyki-luchky#7690_11253",
  "wikidata": "Q907440",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Великі Лучки",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Velyki Luchky",
      "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": "Velikiye Luchki",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nagylucska",
          "why": "Hungarian historical and community name used in English Transcarpathian references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikie Luchki",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly indexed in English Wikidata naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nad'luchka",
          "why": "Historical spelling indexed in English Wikidata; the underlying regional spelling and English frequency are uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nadluchka",
          "why": "Apostrophe-free variant indexed in English Wikidata; historical retrieval only."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velke-Louchki",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period-style spelling indexed in English Wikidata; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velyki Loutchky",
          "why": "French spelling, useful when an English text cites French maps, titles or historical sources; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikì Lučki",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Великі Лучки",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Velyki Loutchky",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; the adaptation follows French transcription conventions rather than English spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nagylucska",
          "why": "Hungarian community name useful in French Transcarpathian research; French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velyki Luchky",
          "why": "International spelling also useful for French source matching; the selected French main follows French reference transcription."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Velyki Luchky is a village near Mukachevo in Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast. It lies on the lowland plain below the Carpathian foothills.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. French reference attestation is limited; the main form is an editorial choice and has lower confidence. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyki_Luchky. Some reference requests failed during research; surviving checks and unresolved usage limitations are distinguished above.",
  "rank": 1083,
  "slug": "velyki-luchky"
}