{
  "place_id": "vinkivtsi#7724_11512",
  "wikidata": "Q2391347",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Віньківці",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vinkivtsi",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vinkovtsy",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wońkowce",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wińkowce",
          "why": "Polish naming-data spelling, differing from Wońkowce in the English introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zatonsk",
          "why": "Soviet name adopted in 1927 and abandoned in the late 1930s; checked sources disagree over 1937 versus 1938."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vonkivtsi",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian name Воньківці; historical retrieval transliteration, not the current name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vin’kivtsi",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vìnʹkìvcì",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vinʹkivt͡si",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Віньківці",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wonkowce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wońkowce for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Winkowce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wińkowce for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vinkivtsi",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vin’kivtsi",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vìnʹkìvcì",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vinʹkivt͡si",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vinkivtsi is a settlement on the Kalius River in the Podolian part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It serves the surrounding settlement community and was formerly a district centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Renamed Zatonsk in 1927. A museum conference history records restoration of Воньківці in November 1937 and change to Віньківці in February 1938; other accounts give Zatonsk until 1938. Chronology noted without flattening the intermediate name. https://kraimuz.km.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/konferencziya_2022-opt.pdf Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinkivtsi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinkivtsi.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1533,
  "slug": "vinkivtsi"
}