{
  "place_id": "novoselytsia#7678_11459",
  "wikidata": "Q149030",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новоселиця",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novoselytsia",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novoselitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoselitsya",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling with ya for final я."
        },
        {
          "name": "Noua Suliță",
          "why": "Romanian historical and community name quoted in English Bukovinian and Bessarabian references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nowoselitza",
          "why": "German historical name recorded in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoselitz",
          "why": "Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novosselytsia",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoselytsya",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoselicâ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoselyt͡si͡a",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новоселиця",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Noua Sulita",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Noua Suliță for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novosselytsia",
      "why": "French reference heading doubles s to keep its unvoiced sound; Novosselitsa is separately recorded as Russian-based.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novosselitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based French form explicitly given in references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoselitsa",
          "why": "Undoubled-s spelling indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoselitsya",
          "why": "Older international form indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Noua Suliţă",
          "why": "Romanian historical name printed with cedilla ţ in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Noua Suliță",
          "why": "Current Romanian comma-below typography of the same name for French source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nowosielitza",
          "why": "German and Polish historical spelling explicitly given in the French entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nova Soulita",
          "why": "Older adapted spelling indexed in French naming data; prose frequency uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novoselytsia",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Noua Sulita",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Noua Suliţă for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novoselytsia is a small city on the Prut River in Ukraine's Chernivtsi Oblast. Its position in the borderlands of Bukovina and Bessarabia has shaped its Ukrainian, Romanian and Jewish history.",
  "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/Novoselytsia ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novosselytsia.",
  "rank": 1251,
  "slug": "novoselytsia"
}