{
  "place_id": "vradiivka#7658_11699",
  "wikidata": "Q1997201",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Врадіївка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vradiivka",
      "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": "Vradiyivka",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using yi for ї. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vradiyevka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vradievka",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling without an inserted y between vowels."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velyka Vradiivka",
          "why": "Former expanded Ukrainian name, shortened in 1964."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vradiïvka",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vradìïvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Врадіївка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vradiïvka",
      "why": "French reference heading uses ï to separate the vowel sequence; its opening also prints Vradiivka.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vradievka",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vradiivka",
          "why": "French reference opening also uses this spelling without ï."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vradiivka is a settlement in the northwest of Ukraine's Mykolaiv Oblast. It is a service centre for the surrounding agricultural countryside and has a railway station.",
  "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/Vradiivka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vradiïvka.",
  "rank": 1209,
  "slug": "vradiivka"
}