{
  "place_id": "velykodolynske#7574_11698",
  "wikidata": "Q1026923",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Великодолинське",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Velykodolynske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Grossliebental",
          "why": "German colonist-settlement name used in English Black Sea German family history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gross Liebenthal",
          "why": "Spaced German historical spelling quoted in English reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolshaya Akkarzha",
          "why": "Russian-based former name, used from 1918 before the present name was adopted in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikodolinskoïé",
          "why": "French transcription of the Russian name, as printed in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velykodolyns’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; a standard-derived retrieval spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velykodolyns'ke",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 retrieval form; not an additional official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikodolinsʹke",
          "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": "Velykodolynsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Великодолинське",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Velykodolynske",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Grossliebental",
          "why": "German historical search name for French writing about the Black Sea Germans."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gross Liebenthal",
          "why": "Spaced German historical form for French bibliographical searches; not current French usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolshaya Akkarzha",
          "why": "Historical Russian-based search name; references place the change to the present name in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikodolinskoïé",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French entry; accenting varies by publisher."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Velykodolynske is a settlement southwest of Odesa, near the Black Sea coast. It began as a German colonist settlement and retains an important place in the history of the Black Sea Germans.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "German Grossliebental/Gross Liebenthal names the colonist settlement. References give Bolshaya Akkarzha from 1918 and the current name from 1945; boundaries and successive local administrative units should not be assumed identical.",
  "rank": 768,
  "slug": "velykodolynske"
}