{
  "place_id": "novovorontsovka#7638_11884",
  "wikidata": "Q2010524",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Нововоронцовка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novovorontsovka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); selected for English geographical use. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mykolaivka",
          "why": "Earlier Ukrainian name recorded in locality history; replacement by Novovorontsovka is dated differently to 1821 or 1829 in checked sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nikolayevka",
          "why": "Russian rendering of the earlier name; historical-source matching, with independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novovoroncovka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novovoront͡sovka",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нововоронцовка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novovorontsovka",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nykolaevka",
          "why": "Earlier name printed in the French locality history; it labels it Ukrainian but the -evka ending is Russian-based. Medium certainty for this mixed reference spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novovorontsovka is a settlement in northern Kherson Oblast. It stands near the Dnipro on the former western shore of the Kakhovka reservoir.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Novovorontsovka remains the official register name; local renaming consultation in 2024 does not establish an enacted replacement. Earlier Mykolaivka/Nykolaevka is recorded, but English and French sources differ between 1821 and 1829 for adoption of Novovorontsovka; no exact replacement year chosen. https://geonames.land.gov.ua/map?id=135883fc5c2e ; https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4722 Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2010524 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novovorontsovka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novovorontsovka ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нововоронцовка.",
  "rank": 1482,
  "slug": "novovorontsovka"
}