{
  "place_id": "chornomorske#7527_11816",
  "wikidata": "Q1555482",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Чорноморське",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chornomorske",
      "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": "Chernomorskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based English form; useful for Soviet-era and Russian-language-derived references, rather than the preferred Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ak-Mechet",
          "why": "Russian-mediated spelling of the Crimean Tatar historical name, replaced in the Soviet period in 1944."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aqmeçit",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar historical name; refers here to the coastal settlement, not Simferopol, also known as Aqmescit."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalos Limen",
          "why": "Ancient Greek settlement at this site; an archaeological predecessor, not a synonym for every modern use of Chornomorske."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchornomorske",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornomors’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical naming by the 2019 agreement; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornomors'ke",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form; standard-derived retrieval variant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čornomorsʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornomorsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence, not an independently attested press exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чорноморське",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local source titles or addresses quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aqmecit",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Aqmeçit for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tchornomorske",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; tch renders ч.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tchernomorskoïe",
          "why": "Russian-based French form used by the Reuters French service in 2014 and given in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ak-Metchet",
          "why": "French-style rendering of the historical Crimean Tatar name, via Russian; not a current Ukrainian official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalos Limen",
          "why": "Ancient Greek site used in French archaeological writing; not the whole modern settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chornomorske",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling available in French; Tchornomorske uses French tch for ч."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchernomorskoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Tchernomorskoïe for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chornomorske is a coastal settlement on the Tarkhankut Peninsula in western Crimea, Ukraine. Nearby are the remains of the ancient Greek settlement of Kalos Limen.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Crimean settlement on the Tarkhankut Peninsula, not Chornomorske near Odesa or the city Chornomorsk. Ukrainian national form is main in English; the attested French reference form is Tchornomorske. Aqmeçit and Aqmescit should not be silently conflated. Record certainty includes transliteration and alias coverage; formal system outputs are not all attested press forms.",
  "rank": 850,
  "slug": "chornomorske"
}