{
  "place_id": "bilovodsk#7733_12199",
  "wikidata": "Q2443246",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Біловодськ",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bilovodsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Belovodsk",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilovods’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bìlovodsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilovodsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Біловодськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bilovodsk",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Belovodsk",
          "why": "Russian-based name retained for French source matching; a distinct French preference was not verified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bilovodsk is a settlement on the Derkul River in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast. The surrounding countryside has a long association with agriculture and horse breeding.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilovodsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilovodsk.",
  "rank": 1235,
  "slug": "bilovodsk"
}