{
  "place_id": "bilohirsk#7503_11922",
  "wikidata": "Q863330",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Білогірськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bilohirsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Belogorsk",
          "why": "Russian name used in Soviet-era English sources and by the Russian occupation authorities."
        },
        {
          "name": "Karasubazar",
          "why": "Former name, replaced in 1944; retained in English Crimean and Jewish history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Qarasuvbazar",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar Latin name, used in cultural and historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Karasu-Bazar",
          "why": "Hyphenated historical international spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Karassubazar",
          "why": "Historical doubled-s spelling used in English travel and geographical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bìlogìrsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilohirs’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilohirsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Білогірськ",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilohirs'k",
          "why": "ASCII apostrophe version of the BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian retrieval spelling; not an additional official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bilohirsk",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Belogorsk",
          "why": "Russian-based name also used in French reference works on Crimea."
        },
        {
          "name": "Karassoubazar",
          "why": "Older French spelling of the former town name, relevant to travel and historical geography."
        },
        {
          "name": "Karasubazar",
          "why": "International historical form retained in French scholarship."
        },
        {
          "name": "Qarasuvbazar",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar form quoted in French discussions of Crimean heritage."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bilohirsk is a town in inland Crimea on the Biiuk-Karasu River. It was an important Crimean Tatar market town and lies near the striking White Rock, also called Aq Qaya.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "UA follows internationally recognized sovereignty. Renamed from Karasubazar in 1944; Russian occupation does not change the country code.",
  "rank": 609,
  "slug": "bilohirsk"
}