{
  "place_id": "buryn#7844_11879",
  "wikidata": "Q591812",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Буринь",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Buryn",
      "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": "Burynʹ",
          "why": "Romanization retaining the final Ukrainian soft sign; geographical name indexes may preserve this distinction. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bouryn",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buryn’",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Burinʹ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Буринь",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bouryn",
      "why": "Attested French geographical reference spelling; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Buryn",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Buryn is a small city in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast. It stands on the Chasha River and grew as a local trading and railway centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buryn ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouryn.",
  "rank": 1181,
  "slug": "buryn"
}