{
  "place_id": "liubotyn#7774_11996",
  "wikidata": "Q889542",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Люботин",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Liubotyn",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lyubotyn",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling. BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian romanization; a historical standard superseded by adoption of the Ukrainian national system in 2019. Supplied as a systematic search form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyubotin",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liubotin",
          "why": "Alternative Russian-mediated romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lûbotin",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling, supplied as a systematic bibliographic search form. This does not establish ordinary English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Люботин",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Li͡ubotyn",
          "why": "ALA-LC 2011 Ukrainian romanization; a systematic library-catalogue search form with the prescribed ties and soft-sign marks, not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Lioubotyn",
      "why": "French Ukrainian-based form with iou and y; French references distinguish Russian-based Lioubotine.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lioubotine",
          "why": "Russian-based French form documented alongside Lioubotyn."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liubotyn",
          "why": "International spelling usable in French maps."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Liubotyn is a town west of Kharkiv in Kharkiv Oblast. It is closely associated with the railway network and with wooded suburban landscapes.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "French naming reference: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lioubotyn . Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .",
  "rank": 494,
  "slug": "liubotyn"
}