{
  "place_id": "velykyi-dalnyk#7581_11697",
  "wikidata": "Q4106497",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Великий Дальник",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Velykyi Dalnyk",
      "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": "Velikiy Dalnik",
          "why": "Russian-based international form; not a word-for-word translation selected as the English main."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velykyï Dalnyk",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velykyy Dal’nyk",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikij Dalʹnik",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velykyĭ Dalʹnyk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Великий Дальник",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Velykyï Dalnyk",
      "why": "French reference heading marks the first word’s final glide with ï.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Velykyi Dalnyk",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Velykyi Dalnyk is a large village west of Odesa in southern Ukraine. It lies inland from the Black Sea coast and is the centre of a local territorial community.",
  "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/Velykyi_Dalnyk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velykyï_Dalnyk.",
  "rank": 1242,
  "slug": "velykyi-dalnyk"
}