{
  "place_id": "nova-borova#7816_11590",
  "wikidata": "Q2980437",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Нова Борова",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Nova Borova",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also matches ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Also matches ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novaya Borovaya",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nowa Borowa",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Turchynka",
          "why": "Former railway/station settlement incorporated into Nova Borova; narrower historical scope than the modern locality."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нова Борова",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Nova Borova",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novaïa Borova",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; retained for older French source matching, not the current preferred heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novo Borova",
          "why": "Spelling actually printed repeatedly in the French locality text; inconsistent with Ukrainian feminine Nova and its French article title. Treat as an editorial error, with wider frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novaia Borova",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Novaïa Borova for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Nova Borova is a settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. It developed around the Turchynka railway station.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Nova Borova formed by combining older villages and the Turchynka station settlement. Sources disagree on 1954 versus 1957; no formation year asserted. French text prints Novo Borova, inconsistent with official Ukrainian Nova. https://esu.com.ua/article-72359 Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Borova ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Borova.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1645,
  "slug": "nova-borova"
}