{
  "place_id": "pomichna#7680_11745",
  "wikidata": "Q278678",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Помічна",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pomichna",
      "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": "Pomoshnaya",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pomitchna",
          "why": "French spelling, useful when an English text cites French maps, titles or historical sources; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pomìčna",
          "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": "Помічна",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pomitchna",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; the adaptation follows French transcription conventions rather than English spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pomochnaïa",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly recorded in French reference usage; not a change to the Ukrainian official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pomichna",
          "why": "International spelling also useful for French source matching; the selected French main follows French reference transcription."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pomochnaia",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Pomochnaïa for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pomichna is a small city in Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. It developed as an important railway junction.",
  "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/Pomichna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomitchna.",
  "rank": 1087,
  "slug": "pomichna"
}