{
  "place_id": "chornobai#7759_11795",
  "wikidata": "Q2011669",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Чорнобай",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chornobai",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chernobay",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornobay",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using y for final й. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchornobaï",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čornobaj",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornobaĭ",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чорнобай",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchornobai",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Tchornobaï for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchornobaï",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tchernobaï",
          "why": "Russian-based French alternative indexed in French naming data, with ï marking final й."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornobai",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchornobai",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Tchornobaï for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchernobai",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Tchernobaï for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chornobai is a settlement in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. It serves the farming countryside east of Zolotonosha.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chornobai ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchornobaï.",
  "rank": 1315,
  "slug": "chornobai"
}