{
  "place_id": "novohrodivka#7677_12074",
  "wikidata": "Q376473",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новогродівка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novohrodivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The BGN/PCGN 1965 result is identical. The ALA-LC 2011 result is identical.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novogrodovka",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling used in English reporting and Soviet-era sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novogrodìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новогродівка",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novohrodivka",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novogrodovka",
          "why": "Russian-based form explicitly given in French accounts of the town."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novohrodivka is a mining town near Selydove in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Coal extraction and related engineering shaped its development.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 703,
  "slug": "novohrodivka"
}