{
  "place_id": "ozerne#7522_11592",
  "wikidata": "Q4332333",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Озерне",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ozerne",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also matches ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Also matches ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Babele",
          "why": "Romanian historical name. Ukrainian locality text gives both 1947 and a renaming decree dated 14 November 1945; the dates are not silently equated."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ozernoye",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Babel",
          "why": "Romanization of former Ukrainian Бабель; historical name linked with Romanian Babele."
        },
        {
          "name": "General Al. Averescu",
          "why": "Interwar Romanian name quoted in locality history; named for Alexandru Averescu, not a separate present settlement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Озерне",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ozerne",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ozerne is a village near Lake Yalpuh in Odesa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine. Its Romanian historical name, Babele, reflects the region's multilingual past.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "low",
  "notes": "Ukrainian locality history inconsistently says Babele until 1947 and cites the renaming decree of 14 November 1945. The latter is also given by German/Russian locality references; exact chronology is flagged rather than asserted as 1947. Historical interwar General Al. Averescu does not denote a separate present village. https://archive.od.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/daoo.uar_.903.1.pdf Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4332333 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozerne_(raïon_d'Izmaïl) ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Озерне_(Ізмаїльський_район) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Азэрнэ_(Ізмаільскі_раён) ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babele,_Ismail.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1682,
  "slug": "ozerne-q4332333"
}