{
  "place_id": "biloziria#7739_11771",
  "wikidata": "Q4082471",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Білозір'я",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Biloziria",
      "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": "Bilozirya",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling with ya for я."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilozir'ya",
          "why": "Older English spelling preserving the Ukrainian apostrophe and using ya."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belozorye",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilozir”ya",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Білозір'я",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Biloziria",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained for French readers because a separate established French name has not been verified.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Biloziria is a large village south of Cherkasy in central Ukraine. It lies in the flat agricultural country near the Irdyn wetlands.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "A separate established French transcription was not verified. Apostrophe-bearing Ukrainian name requires care in bibliographic transliteration. 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloziria.",
  "rank": 1145,
  "slug": "biloziria"
}