{
  "place_id": "yahotyn#7792_11765",
  "wikidata": "Q997434",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Яготин",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Yahotyn",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Yagotin",
          "why": "Russian-based English form found in older maps and historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yagotyn",
          "why": "Older mixed transcription, with initial Ya and Russian-style g, encountered in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jahotyn",
          "why": "Scholarly-style Ukrainian transcription with j for initial Я; not the national 2010 form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Âgotin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "I͡ahotyn",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Yahotyn",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Iahotyn",
          "why": "French-style initial Ia variant of the Ukrainian-based name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iagotine",
          "why": "Older French Russian-mediated rendering of Яготин."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yagotin",
          "why": "International Russian-based spelling retained in some French historical sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Yahotyn is a town in eastern Kyiv Oblast beside the Supii River. The Repnin estate and its connections with Taras Shevchenko form an important part of the town’s cultural history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 516,
  "slug": "yahotyn"
}