{
  "place_id": "bilopillia#7841_11905",
  "wikidata": "Q591896",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Білопілля",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bilopillia",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bilopillya",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based form, also generated by BGN/PCGN 1965. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belopolye",
          "why": "Russian-based name in older English sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belopol’e",
          "why": "Russian transliteration retaining a mark for the soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bìlopìllâ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilopilli͡a",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Білопілля",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bilopillia",
      "why": "Same as in English; Bilopillia is used as a French reference heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Belopolie",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French historical form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilopillya",
          "why": "Older international Ukrainian spelling encountered in French citations."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bilopillia is a town in Sumy Oblast near the Russian border. Its railway connections and food processing developed around a much older agricultural trading settlement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 630,
  "slug": "bilopillia"
}