{
  "place_id": "bile#7694_12168",
  "wikidata": "Q1981596",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Біле",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bile",
      "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": "Beloye",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beloe",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling without a glide letter."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bìle",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Біле",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bile",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Beloïe",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beloie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Beloïe for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bile is a settlement east of Alchevsk in Luhansk Oblast. It stands beside the Bila River, within the Luhan and Siverskyi Donets drainage basin.",
  "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/Bile,_Luhansk_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile_(oblast_de_Louhansk).",
  "rank": 1426,
  "slug": "bile"
}