{
  "place_id": "novoiavorivsk#7773_11309",
  "wikidata": "Q1025851",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новояворівськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novoiavorivsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, romanized under the Ukrainian national system of 2010, also adopted in the BGN/PCGN agreement of 2019; selected for present-day English use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novoyavorivsk",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling with y at the word junction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoyavorovsk",
          "why": "Russian-based English form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoyavorivs’k",
          "why": "Soft-sign-marked Ukrainian variant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoâvorìvsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 letter-for-letter transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a systematic bibliographic/search form, not a claim of established English usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новояворівськ",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, included for recognition in quotations and indexes; not an English romanization."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novoïavorivsk",
      "why": "French geographical transcription, selected for recognizability in French references; normally used without a fixed article. No place-specific Quai d’Orsay recommendation has been established here.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novoiavorivsk",
          "why": "International spelling also encountered in French texts and map references; the selected French form follows French transcription practice."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoïavorovsk",
          "why": "Russian-based French form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoyavorivsk",
          "why": "International variant also found in French references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novoiavorivsk is a city west of Lviv in Lviv Oblast. It grew as a planned settlement associated with sulphur extraction in the Yavoriv area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Do not confuse the city with nearby Yavoriv. Romanization policy: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua . ISO 9 forms are systematic search aids, not independently attested exonyms.",
  "rank": 335,
  "slug": "novoiavorivsk"
}