{
  "place_id": "pokotylivka#7772_12009",
  "wikidata": "Q4369132",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Покотилівка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pokotylivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pokotilovka",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pokotilìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Покотилівка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pokotylivka",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pokotilovka",
          "why": "Russian-based international form useful for French source matching; French prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pokotylivka is a settlement on the southern outskirts of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. It belongs to the suburban belt along the Udy River.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokotylivka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokotylivka.",
  "rank": 1044,
  "slug": "pokotylivka"
}