{
  "place_id": "kobeliaky#7730_11899",
  "wikidata": "Q269538",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Кобеляки",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kobeliaky",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kobelyaky",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling with ya for я. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kobelyaki",
          "why": "Russian-based English form of Кобеляки."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kobelâki",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kobeli͡aky",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Кобеляки",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kobeliaky",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kobeliaki",
          "why": "Russian-based French form recorded alongside Kobeliaky."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kobeliaky is a town near the meeting of the Vorskla and Kobeliachka rivers in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It is a local administrative and food-processing centre with roots in the Cossack period.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobeliaky ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobeliaky.",
  "rank": 987,
  "slug": "kobeliaky"
}