{
  "place_id": "novyi-buh#7649_11805",
  "wikidata": "Q889563",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новий Буг",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novyi Buh",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010; the same system was adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novy Buh",
          "why": "Simplified Ukrainian-based English form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyy Bug",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling in older maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyi Bug",
          "why": "Mixed spelling combining a Ukrainian-style ending with Russian g; not the Ukrainian national form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novy Bug",
          "why": "Common simplified Russian-mediated historical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novij Bug",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyy Buh",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN 1965 Ukrainian transliteration, superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; standard-derived retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyĭ Buh",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table, 2011 edition, with its bibliographic diacritics; standard-derived catalogue form, with medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новий Буг",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novyï Bouh",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novy Boug",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French name, especially in older maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyï Boug",
          "why": "French transcription combining a fully marked adjective with Russian-based Boug."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyi Buh",
          "why": "International Ukrainian spelling retained in French references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novyi Buh is a town in Mykolaiv Oblast in the steppe north of Mykolaiv. It serves the surrounding farming country and has a history of agricultural processing.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Despite the name, the town is not situated on the Southern Buh itself.",
  "rank": 659,
  "slug": "novyi-buh"
}