{
  "place_id": "znamianka#7706_11815",
  "wikidata": "Q592145",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Знам’янка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Znamianka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Znamenka",
          "why": "Russian-based English form common in older maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Znamyanka",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling using ya."
        },
        {
          "name": "Znam’ianka",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based spelling preserving an apostrophe."
        },
        {
          "name": "Znam'ianka",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe version."
        },
        {
          "name": "Знам’янка",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Znamianka",
      "why": "Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Znamenka",
          "why": "Russian-based name in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Znamyanka",
          "why": "International variant also usable in French map searches."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Znamianka is a town in Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. It grew as a major railway junction beside the woodlands of the Chornyi Lis area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The national Ukrainian romanization omits the apostrophe. The original-script name retains it; typographic apostrophe normalization is not a renaming. The input uses a straight apostrophe; local_name uses a typographic apostrophe. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .",
  "rank": 474,
  "slug": "znamianka"
}