{
  "place_id": "arbuzynka#7661_11739",
  "wikidata": "Q2374956",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Арбузинка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Arbuzynka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Harbuzynka",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, recorded as replaced by Arbuzynka in 1946."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arbuzinka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arbouzynka",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Арбузинка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Arbouzynka",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Arbuzynka",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Arbuzynka is a settlement on the river of the same name in northern Mykolaiv Oblast. Its history includes a period as a military settlement connected with the Bug cavalry regiments.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia confirms Arbuzynka and former Harbuzynka before 1946. No newly enacted restoration verified. https://vue.gov.ua/Арбузинка Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbuzynka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbouzynka.",
  "rank": 1478,
  "slug": "arbuzynka"
}