{
  "place_id": "novovolynsk#7818_11342",
  "wikidata": "Q591719",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Нововолинськ",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novovolynsk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. Modern English form without the soft-sign marker.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novovolyns’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 geographical romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novovolinsʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novovolynsʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011 library romanization of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нововолинськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novovolynsk",
      "why": "Same current name as in English; retained here for French readers without claiming a separate established French exonym. Ukrainian-based spelling retained in French geographical writing.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novovolynsk is a mining city in Volyn Oblast in northwestern Ukraine, near the Polish border. It developed as a planned centre for the Lviv–Volyn coalfield.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The name means New Volyn; no separate established English exonym is selected.",
  "rank": 213,
  "slug": "novovolynsk"
}