{
  "place_id": "chornobaivka#7594_11808",
  "wikidata": "Q4513744",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Чорнобаївка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chornobaivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chornobayivka",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based transcription explicitly representing ї. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chernobayevka",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling common in older references and war reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čornobaïvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornobaïvka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чорнобаївка",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchornobaïvka",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tchornobaivka",
          "why": "French spelling without the diaeresis, found in maps and reports."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchernobaïevka",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French spelling, particularly useful in older press searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornobaivka",
          "why": "International spelling quoted in French reporting and maps."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chornobaivka is a village immediately northwest of Kherson. Its proximity to Kherson’s airport brought it into international reporting during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 625,
  "slug": "chornobaivka"
}