{
  "place_id": "bilky#7684_11285",
  "wikidata": "Q795003",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Білки",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bilky",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bilki",
          "why": "Russian-based or simplified international spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilke",
          "why": "Hungarian historical or community name quoted in English Transcarpathian references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bílky",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period spelling quoted in regional references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bìlki",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Білки",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bilky",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained for French readers because a separate established French name has not been verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bilke",
          "why": "Hungarian community name useful for French regional research; French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bílky",
          "why": "Czechoslovak-period form for French archival matching; French prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bilky is a large village near Irshava in Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast. It lies in the Borzhava basin at the foot of the Carpathians.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is Bilky in the Borzhava valley in Zakarpattia, not a namesake elsewhere in Ukraine. No settled French form was independently established. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Independent French reference attestation is limited; the main is an editorial choice. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795003 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilky,_Khust_Raion.",
  "rank": 1199,
  "slug": "bilky"
}