{
  "place_id": "nerubaiske#7585_11701",
  "wikidata": "Q4317568",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Нерубайське",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Nerubaiske",
      "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": "Nerubayskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neroubaïske",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nerubays’ke",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nerubajsʹke",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nerubaĭsʹke",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нерубайське",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neroubaiske",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Neroubaïske for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Neroubaïske",
      "why": "French reference spelling with ou for у and ï separating the vowel sequence.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nerubaiske",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neroubaiske",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Neroubaïske for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Nerubaiske is a village northwest of Odesa in southern Ukraine. It is known for the underground quarry passages commonly called the Odesa catacombs and a museum of wartime resistance.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerubaiske ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neroubaïske.",
  "rank": 1136,
  "slug": "nerubaiske"
}