{
  "place_id": "zorynsk#7689_12145",
  "wikidata": "Q662097",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Зоринськ",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zorynsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zorinsk",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zoryns’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zorinsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zorynsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Зоринськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zorynsk",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zorinsk",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zorynsk is a small city near Alchevsk in Luhansk Oblast. It developed in the coal-mining landscape of the Donbas.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorynsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorynsk.",
  "rank": 1313,
  "slug": "zorynsk"
}