{
  "place_id": "liuboml#7845_11335",
  "wikidata": "Q974468",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Любомль",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Liuboml",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lyuboml",
          "why": "Older English form using yu for Ukrainian ю; also matches Russian-based spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Luboml",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Libevne",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name used in Jewish historical and genealogical references; not the modern civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liouboml",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyuboml’",
          "why": "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": "Lyuboml'",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form, for matching older name indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lûbomlʹ",
          "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": "Li͡ubomlʹ",
          "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": "Любомль",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Liouboml",
      "why": "French reference form with iou for ю, alongside the Polish historical form Luboml.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Luboml",
          "why": "Polish name used in French historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liuboml",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling for French source citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Libevne",
          "why": "Jewish historical name for retrieval in French-language sources; exact frequency in French prose is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Liuboml is a town near the Polish border in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. Its historic landmarks include the church of Saint George and the remains of a former palace estate.",
  "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/Liuboml ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liouboml.",
  "rank": 940,
  "slug": "liuboml"
}