{
  "place_id": "lubny#7778_11832",
  "wikidata": "Q269517",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Лубни",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lubny",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lubni",
          "why": "Historical Ukrainian variant Лубні in Latin transcription, also found in older foreign references; not simply the Russian spelling, which is Лубны. ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łubnie",
          "why": "Polish historical name, encountered in English discussions of the Commonwealth and Jewish history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Luben",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish historical and family sources; transcription varies."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лубни",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Loubny",
      "why": "Conventional French transcription uses ou for Ukrainian у; attested French geographical name.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lubny",
          "why": "Same official Latin form as in English; retained by French sources using Ukrainian romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łubnie",
          "why": "Polish historical form, useful in French references to Polish sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lubny is a city in Poltava Oblast above the Sula River. It has an old Cossack and trading history, while the Mharsky monastery stands nearby.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input Wikidata Q4267774 identifies Lubny railway station, not the city. Corrected to the city Q269517 after checking the city article’s Wikidata link. The source coordinates lie in the city vicinity; the source TSV is unchanged.",
  "rank": 241,
  "slug": "lubny"
}