{
  "place_id": "novooleksiivka#7568_11924",
  "wikidata": "Q2028833",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новоолексіївка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novooleksiivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novoalekseyevka",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoalexeyevka",
          "why": "Alternative Russian-based English spelling; common in railway references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novooleksiyivka",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling retaining yi for ї. BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novooleksiïvka",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form. ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization table (2011 edition); a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novooleksìïvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived retrieval form, not claimed as an independently attested press exonym. Confidence in textual occurrence is medium."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новоолексіївка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новоалексеевка",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novooleksiïvka",
      "why": "French reference spelling of the settlement; the same name is used for its station. The diaeresis distinguishes the vowel sequence.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novoalekseïevka",
          "why": "Russian-based French transcription; French references use it particularly for the railway station."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novooleksiivka",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling also retained in French source titles."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoalekseievka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Novoalekseïevka for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novooleksiivka is a settlement near Henichesk in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. Its railway station is a junction on routes towards Crimea and the northern Azov coast.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input Wikidata Q12134158 identifies the railway station; the supplied population and place label describe the settlement. Replaced by settlement item Q2028833. The French heading is the settlement name, not Gare de Novooleksiïvka. Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novooleksiivka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novooleksi%C3%AFvka_(oblast_de_Kherson).",
  "rank": 955,
  "slug": "novooleksiivka"
}