{
  "place_id": "zmiiv#7760_12019",
  "wikidata": "Q1106097",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Зміїв",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zmiiv",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zmiyiv",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling, retaining yi for ї; also printed in English reference material. Also the BGN/PCGN 1965 result."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zmiyov",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling of Змиёв."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zmiev",
          "why": "Conventional Russian-based spelling, often suppressing the distinction between е and ё."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gotwald",
          "why": "Soviet commemorative name used from 1976 until restoration of Zmiiv around 1990–1991; references disagree on the final year."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hotvald",
          "why": "Ukrainian rendering of the former commemorative name Готвальд."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zmìïv",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zmiïv",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Зміїв",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zmiïv",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using ï to separate the vowels. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zmiyov",
          "why": "Russian-based international spelling recorded in French name inventories; not a French-style transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zmiev",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly used in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gotwald",
          "why": "Former Soviet name, for French historical searches; exact restoration year is unresolved here."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hotvald",
          "why": "Former name spelled Hotvald in the French entry, which gives 1976–1991."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zmiiv",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for cross-language searches in French; see the English block for its transliteration provenance."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zmiiv is a town south of Kharkiv, near the meeting of the Mzha and Siverskyi Donets rivers. It is a local centre for the surrounding forest and river country.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The Soviet name commemorated Klement Gottwald. English references give 1976–1990; some French reference material gives restoration in 1991, so the exact legal restoration date needs checking.",
  "rank": 711,
  "slug": "zmiiv"
}