{
  "place_id": "chornomorske#7588_11718",
  "wikidata": "Q2652148",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Чорноморське",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chornomorske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chernomorskoye",
          "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": "Hvardiiske",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Chornomorske in 1978."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hvardiyske",
          "why": "Older English rendering of the former name, replaced in 1978."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gvardeyskoye",
          "why": "Russian form of the former name, replaced in 1978."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchornomorske",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornomors’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čornomorsʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornomorsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чорноморське",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchornomorske",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tchernomorskoïe",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornomorske",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchernomorskoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Tchernomorskoïe for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chornomorske is a settlement on the Black Sea coast northeast of Odesa. It was formerly called Hvardiiske and is distinct from the Crimean settlement of the same current name.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is the Odesa Oblast coastal settlement, Q2652148, not the namesake in Crimea. Hvardiiske/Hvardiyske replaced by Chornomorske in 1978. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chornomorske,_Odesa_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchornomorske_(oblast_d'Odessa).",
  "rank": 1327,
  "slug": "chornomorske-q2652148"
}