{
  "place_id": "noviy-donbass#7670_12153",
  "wikidata": "Q4326639",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новий Донбас",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novyi Donbas",
      "why": "Ukrainian historical name in the national romanization of 2010; chosen for the former town at the supplied coordinates, not asserted to be a separate present-day municipality.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Noviy Donbass",
          "why": "Input spelling, based on an inconsistent Russian-style rendering; useful for matching the supplied place identifier."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyy Donbass",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling of Новый Донбасс, the former town within Snizhne."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novy Donbass",
          "why": "Shorter conventional English spelling of the Russian historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyy Donbas",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian system (1965), superseded for US/UK geographical use in 2019; a standard-derived retrieval spelling, with medium confidence in actual textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novij Donbas",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Ukrainian name; a standard-derived retrieval form, not an established English exonym; medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyĭ Donbas",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian table (2011 edition), for bibliographic retrieval; standard-derived form with medium confidence in actual catalogue occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новий Донбас",
          "why": "Original-script Ukrainian name, useful when English texts quote local addresses or source titles."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novyi Donbas",
      "why": "Same form as in English, chosen for French cross-language retrieval; no established separate French exonym was verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Noviy Donbass",
          "why": "Input spelling retained for matching in French searches; no established French preference is claimed."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novyy Donbass",
          "why": "Russian-based international search form for the former town; not the Dobropillia settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novy Donbass",
          "why": "Russian-based historical search variant; established French usage is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novyi Donbas is the name of a former mining town now within Snizhne in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It developed around coal workings and was incorporated into Snizhne in 1962.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "low",
  "notes": "Identity warning: the input coordinates point to the former town within Snizhne, not the present settlement of the same name near Dobropillia. Input Q4326639 has only a sparse English label and no sitelinks; retained as supplied, not independently confirmed. The input population is not represented as a current settlement population. No established French form was verified.",
  "rank": 784,
  "slug": "novyi-donbas"
}