{
  "place_id": "zinkiv#7789_11908",
  "wikidata": "Q269547",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Зіньків",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zinkiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zenkov",
          "why": "Russian-based English form of Зеньков."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zin’kiv",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based form preserving the soft sign. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zin'kiv",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of Zin’kiv."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zìnʹkìv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zinʹkiv",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Зіньків",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Зеньков",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zinkiv",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zenkov",
          "why": "Russian-based French form recorded alongside Zinkiv."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zinkiv is a town on the Tashan River in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. Its history includes a role as a Cossack administrative centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinkiv,_Poltava_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinkiv.",
  "rank": 983,
  "slug": "zinkiv"
}