{
  "place_id": "polonne#7784_11528",
  "wikidata": "Q997351",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Полонне",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Polonne",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, followed by BGN/PCGN since 2019; selected as the English main form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Polonnoye",
          "why": "Russian-based English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polonnoe",
          "why": "Alternative romanization of the Russian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Połonne",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Полонне",
          "why": "Ukrainian original-script name, useful in quotations and bilingual indexes; not a romanized English name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Polonne",
      "why": "Same as in English; editorial choice for French reference use. A place-specific official French recommendation has not been established.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Polonné",
          "why": "French accent-marked geographical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polonnoïe",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Połonne",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Polonne is a town on the Khomora river in Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Its history combines an older fortified settlement with a later porcelain-making tradition.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The Ukrainian name has a double n. This is not Poltava or Polonne in another context. Romanization references: https://mfa.gov.ua/en/correctua ; https://arhiiv.eki.ee/wgrs/v3_0/rom2_uk.htm ; https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/ukrainia.pdf .",
  "rank": 491,
  "slug": "polonne"
}