{
  "place_id": "verkhivtseve#7693_11902",
  "wikidata": "Q995147",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Верхівцеве",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Verkhivtseve",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Verkhovtsevo",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Verhìvceve",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Verkhivt͡seve",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Верхівцеве",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Верховцево",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Verkhivtseve",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Verkhovtsevo",
          "why": "Russian-based form explicitly given in French reference material."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Verkhivtseve is a town in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, west of Kamianske in Ukraine. It developed around an important railway junction and workshops.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkhivtseve ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkhivtseve.",
  "rank": 975,
  "slug": "verkhivtseve"
}