{
  "place_id": "kamianets#7686_11813",
  "wikidata": "Q1999838",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Кам'янець",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kamianets",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian official name adopted in September 2024; national romanization (2010) gives Kamianets.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novhorodka",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian official name, replaced by Kamianets in September 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novgorodka",
          "why": "Russian form of the former name, replaced in Ukrainian law in 2024."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kam'yanets",
          "why": "Apostrophe-preserving older Ukrainian romanization; not the national 2010 spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kamyanets",
          "why": "English naming-data spelling using ya for я; national Ukrainian romanization gives Kamianets."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kam”yanets’",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Кам'янець",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kamianets",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian form retained for French readers after the 2024 change; French locality heading still has Novhorodka.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novhorodka",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced in 2024; retained for French source matching, independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novgorodka",
          "why": "Russian-based former name for older French source matching; replaced in Ukrainian law in 2024."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kamianets is a settlement in Kirovohrad Oblast, central Ukraine. Formerly known as Novhorodka, it received its present name in 2024.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Current Kamianets replaced Novhorodka by resolution 3984-IX adopted 19 September 2024. French locality heading retains the old name. This is not Kamianets-Podilskyi. https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-IX Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1999838 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamianets,_Kirovohrad_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novhorodka.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1673,
  "slug": "kamianets"
}