{
  "place_id": "zvenyhorodka#7726_11720",
  "wikidata": "Q219836",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Звенигородка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zvenyhorodka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. BGN/PCGN 1965 gives the same string. ALA-LC (2011) gives the same string.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zvenigorodka",
          "why": "Russian-based name common in older English maps and histories. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zwinogródka",
          "why": "Polish historical form relevant to genealogical and regional records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zwinogrodka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of the Polish historical name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zvenyhorodka",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zvenigorodka",
          "why": "Russian-mediated form used in older French geographical sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zwinogródka",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in French studies of the region."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zvenyhorodka is a town in Cherkasy Oblast on the Hnylyi Tikych River. It serves an agricultural district with strong connections to the life and memory of Taras Shevchenko.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 584,
  "slug": "zvenyhorodka"
}