{
  "place_id": "zhdanivka#7675_12125",
  "wikidata": "Q2354450",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Жданівка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zhdanivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement gives the same spelling here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zhdanovka",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jdanivka",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ždanìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Z͡hdanivka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Жданівка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jdanivka",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; French j renders ж.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zhdanivka",
          "why": "International spelling also used in French; Jdanivka uses French j for ж."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jdanovka",
          "why": "Russian-based French form given alongside the Ukrainian name in French reference material."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zhdanivka is a small city in the coalfield of Donetsk Oblast. Its closely spaced mines and industrial settlements form part of the urban belt around Khartsyzk and Khrestivka.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Zhdanivka is retained. The city was not part of the 2016 renamings checked here; its etymology is disputed in secondary discussion. Do not infer a new name solely from its similarity to Zhdanov. Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 830,
  "slug": "zhdanivka"
}