{
  "place_id": "bilokurakyne#7750_12150",
  "wikidata": "Q2427489",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Білокуракине",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bilokurakyne",
      "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": "Belokurakino",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilokourakyne",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bìlokurakine",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Білокуракине",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bilokourakyne",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Biélokourakino",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belo-Kourakina",
          "why": "Historical Russian-derived spelling explicitly used in the French account of the earlier sloboda."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belokourakina",
          "why": "Joined spelling of the earlier Russian-derived name in French historical prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilokurakyne",
          "why": "International spelling useful for French texts quoting Ukrainian or English sources; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bielokourakino",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Biélokourakino for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bilokurakyne is a settlement on the Bila River in Luhansk Oblast. It developed as a local administrative and agricultural centre in the Aidar river 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/Bilokurakyne ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilokourakyne.",
  "rank": 1417,
  "slug": "bilokurakyne"
}