{
  "place_id": "novi-petrivtsi#7812_11691",
  "wikidata": "Q4326441",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Нові Петрівці",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novi Petrivtsi",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novye Petrovtsy",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling quoted in English-language reporting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyye Petrovtsy",
          "why": "More explicit Russian romanization of Новые Петровцы."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novì Petrìvcì",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novi Petrivt͡si",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нові Петрівці",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novi Petrivtsi",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novye Petrovtsy",
          "why": "Russian-based form explicitly given in the French village entry; not a new official name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novi Petrivtsi is a village north of Kyiv near the western shore of the Kyiv Reservoir. The former presidential estate at Mezhyhiria is one of its best-known landmarks.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novi_Petrivtsi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novi_Petrivtsi.",
  "rank": 1215,
  "slug": "novi-petrivtsi"
}