{
  "place_id": "kupiansk-vuzlovyi#7759_12091",
  "wikidata": "Q12115849",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Куп'янськ-Вузловий",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi",
      "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": "Kupyansk-Uzlovoy",
          "why": "Russian-based name of the railway settlement; not just the separate neighbouring city of Kupiansk."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kupyansk-Uzlovoi",
          "why": "Alternative English romanization of the Russian railway-settlement name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kup'yans'k-Vuzlovyy",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling retaining apostrophe and soft-sign marks; not the national 2010 form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Koupiansk-Vouzlovyï",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kup”yans’k-Vuzlovyy",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Куп'янськ-Вузловий",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Koupiansk-Vouzlovyi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Koupiansk-Vouzlovyï for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Koupiansk-Vouzlovyï",
      "why": "French reference transcription uses ou and final yï; this names the railway settlement, not the city alone.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Koupiansk-Vouzlovyi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Koupiansk-Vouzlovyï for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi is a settlement beside Kupiansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast. Its identity is closely tied to the large railway junction and railway facilities there.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This record is the railway settlement Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, not the neighbouring city of Kupiansk itself. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koupiansk-Vouzlovyï.",
  "rank": 1147,
  "slug": "kupiansk-vuzlovyi"
}