{
  "place_id": "yalta#7472_11897",
  "wikidata": "Q128499",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ялта",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Yalta",
      "why": "Established English name, also matching the Ukrainian national geographical romanization of 2010; retained for contemporary usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ialta",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jalta",
          "why": "Scholarly-style romanization shared with several European languages, used in multilingual references; not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yalta (Crimea)",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ялта",
          "why": "Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Âlta",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Standard-derived search form, not independently attested here as an English or French place-name spelling; medium confidence in textual use."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Yalta",
      "why": "Exonyme français établi, également compatible avec la romanisation nationale ukrainienne de 2010.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ialta",
          "why": "Transcription française employée dans les textes francophones, conservée à côté de la forme principale retenue."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jalta",
          "why": "Romanisation de type savant partagée par plusieurs langues européennes et rencontrée dans les références multilingues ; aucun changement officiel de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yalta (Crimea)",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ялта",
          "why": "Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Âlta",
          "why": "Translittération caractère par caractère ISO 9:1995. Forme de recherche déduite de la norme, sans attestation indépendante ici comme nom anglais ou français ; certitude moyenne quant à l’usage textuel."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Yalta is a resort city on the southern coast of Crimea, below the Crimean Mountains. Nearby Livadia Palace is associated with the wartime conference that bears the city’s name.",
  "about_fr": "Yalta est une ville balnéaire de la côte sud de la Crimée, au pied des montagnes de Crimée. Le palais voisin de Livadia est associé à la conférence de guerre qui porte le nom de la ville.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Yalta is an established international spelling and also the Ukrainian 2010 romanization; the main reason should be read with that established usage. UA follows internationally recognised sovereignty, despite Russian occupation. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.",
  "rank": 134,
  "slug": "yalta"
}