{
  "place_id": "velyki-mosty#7791_11341",
  "wikidata": "Q912378",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Великі Мости",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Velyki Mosty",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mosty Wielkie",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikiye Mosty",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Groys-Moste",
          "why": "Yiddish community name explicitly quoted in the English introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikì Mosti",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Великі Мости",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Velyki Mosty",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Velikie Mosty",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mosty Wielkie",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French locality references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Velyki Mosty is a city on the Rata River in northern Lviv Oblast. It is a local community centre in the historical region of Galicia.",
  "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/Velyki_Mosty ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyki_Mosty.",
  "rank": 1471,
  "slug": "velyki-mosty"
}