{
  "place_id": "zhovti-vody#7686_11862",
  "wikidata": "Q639054",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Жовті Води",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zhovti Vody",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zheltye Vody",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the name, used in older English maps and industrial references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zholtye Vody",
          "why": "Russian-based variant representing the pronounced vowel in Жёлтые."
        },
        {
          "name": "Żółte Wody",
          "why": "Polish name established in English accounts of the 1648 battle; historical usage does not imply today’s city already existed then."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zolte Wody",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish form, especially in English military history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yellow Waters",
          "why": "English translation used for the historical battle; not the official modern municipal name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zhovta Rika",
          "why": "Former settlement name, replaced when the town became Zhovti Vody in 1957."
        },
        {
          "name": "Žovtì Vodi",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Z͡hovti Vody",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Жовті Води",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jovti Vody",
      "why": "French transcription uses j for Ukrainian ж; attested in French geographical and cultural writing.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zhovti Vody",
          "why": "Same official Latin form as in English; French texts may retain it."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jeltie Vody",
          "why": "Russian-based French form recorded in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Żółte Wody",
          "why": "Polish name retained in French accounts of the Cossack–Polish battle."
        },
        {
          "name": "Eaux Jaunes",
          "why": "French translation of the historical battle name; not the current official city name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zhovti Vody is a mining city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine. Uranium extraction and processing are central to its modern history, while its name is also associated with a major Cossack victory over Polish forces in 1648.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The battle name refers to the historical locality/area; the modern industrial town developed much later. Zhovta Rika was replaced in 1957.",
  "rank": 250,
  "slug": "zhovti-vody"
}