{
  "place_id": "novotroitske#7575_11907",
  "wikidata": "Q2010769",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новотроїцьке",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novotroitske",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novotroyitske",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling with y in the ї sequence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novotroitskoye",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling, relevant to Soviet-era sources and English texts drawing on Russian; not an official change of name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novotroïtske",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novotroyits’ke",
          "why": "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": "Novotroyits'ke",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the BGN/PCGN 1965 form, for matching older name indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novotroïcʹke",
          "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": "Novotroït͡sʹke",
          "why": "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": "Новотроїцьке",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новотроицкое",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novotroïtske",
      "why": "French reference form using ï to separate the vowel sequence; not evidence of a civic renaming.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novotroitske",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling also useful in French source titles; Novotroïtske separates the vowels with ï."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novotroïtskoïe",
          "why": "French rendering of the Russian name; medium confidence in French textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novotroitskoie",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Novotroïtskoïe for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novotroitske is a settlement in Kherson Oblast, north of the Syvash lagoons in southern Ukraine. It serves as a local administrative centre in the agricultural steppe inland from Henichesk.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is Novotroitske in Kherson Oblast. Official Ukrainian community listings still use this name; do not confuse it with the separate Syvaske settlement or infer a renaming from street-renaming consultations. 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/Novotroitske,_Kherson_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novotroïtske_(oblast_de_Kherson).",
  "rank": 914,
  "slug": "novotroitske"
}