{
  "place_id": "bilytske#7689_12065",
  "wikidata": "Q2354480",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Білицьке",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bilytske",
      "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": "Belitskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belitskoe",
          "why": "Russian-based form using e rather than ye in the final vowel sequence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilyts’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bìlicʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilyt͡sʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Білицьке",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bilytske",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Belitskoïe",
          "why": "Russian-based French form explicitly given in references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belitskoye",
          "why": "International spelling indexed in French naming data; French prose instead has Belitskoïe."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belitskoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Belitskoïe for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bilytske is a small city near Dobropillia in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. Its growth is closely associated with coal mining in the Donbas.",
  "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/Bilytske ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilytske.",
  "rank": 1213,
  "slug": "bilytske"
}