{
  "place_id": "boiarka#7796_11682",
  "wikidata": "Q891175",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Боярка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Boiarka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Boyarka",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian/Russian-based English spelling, common in maps and historical accounts. BGN/PCGN 1965 geographical romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Boiarka-Budaiivka",
          "why": "Compound settlement name used before the adoption of Boiarka in 1956; historical scope differs from the modern city."
        },
        {
          "name": "Boârka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Boi͡arka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Боярка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Boïarka",
      "why": "French transcription uses ï to separate the vowels; adapted spelling Boïarka is used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Boiarka",
          "why": "Same official Latin form as in English; French typography may omit the diaeresis."
        },
        {
          "name": "Boyarka",
          "why": "English-style form also encountered in French references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Boiarka is a city southwest of Kyiv in Kyiv Oblast. Its railway and wooded surroundings helped it develop as a residential and health-resort settlement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The modern city combines older settlements; earlier component names are not exact synonyms for all its present territory.",
  "rank": 294,
  "slug": "boiarka"
}