{
  "place_id": "novoarkhanhelsk#7703_11711",
  "wikidata": "Q997452",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новоархангельськ",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novoarkhanhelsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novoarkhangelsk",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arkhanhelohorod",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian settlement name explicitly quoted in English history; changed to Novoarkhanhelsk in the eighteenth century."
        },
        {
          "name": "Arkhanhelsk",
          "why": "Earlier short name recorded in English local history; not the Russian city Arkhangelsk."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoarkhanhel’s’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoarhangelʹsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoarkhanhelʹsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новоархангельськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novoarkhanhelsk",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novoarkhanguelsk",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in the French locality reference; French transcription rather than a new official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoarkhanhel’s’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoarhangelʹsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoarkhanhelʹsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novoarkhanhelsk is a settlement on the Syniukha River in Kirovohrad Oblast. It grew around a fortified frontier settlement and later became a local military and trading centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novoarkhanhelsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novoarkhanhelsk.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1503,
  "slug": "novoarkhanhelsk"
}