{
  "place_id": "kotsiubynske#7804_11685",
  "wikidata": "Q2026969",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Коцюбинське",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kotsiubynske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kotsyubynske",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling using yu for ю."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kotsyubinskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based form used in older maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kotsiubyns’ke",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian soft-sign transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilychi",
          "why": "Historical name associated with the territory from which Kotsiubynske was established in 1941; also the station name and a separate Kyiv neighbourhood, not an exact territorial synonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belichi",
          "why": "Russian-mediated spelling of the former name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kocûbinsʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a technical search form, not an independently attested English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kotsyubyns’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; supplied as a technical retrieval form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kot͡si͡ubynsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; a catalogue retrieval form rather than a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kotsioubynske",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kotsioubinskoïe",
          "why": "French Russian-mediated form found in older geographical material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bilytchi",
          "why": "French-style rendering of the former Ukrainian name, replaced in 1941."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belitchi",
          "why": "French-style Russian-mediated form of the old name; also identifies other places."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kotsiubynske",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling retained in French texts that follow Ukrainian name forms; see the English entry for the system."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kotsiubynske is a settlement in Kyiv Oblast surrounded by the territory of the city of Kyiv. Forests around it and its association with the writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky are central to its identity.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Not Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske in Chernihiv Oblast. The modern Kyiv neighbourhood Bilychi must be distinguished from this renamed settlement. The municipal strategy describes the 1941 establishment from part of Bilychi territory; former-name references should not imply that all historical Bilychi became Kotsiubynske.",
  "rank": 562,
  "slug": "kotsiubynske"
}