{
  "place_id": "popilnia#7774_11636",
  "wikidata": "Q2652368",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Попільня",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Popilnia",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Popilnya",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based English spelling with ya for я, also the English naming-data label."
        },
        {
          "name": "Popelnya",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Popielnia",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Popil’nya",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Popìlʹnâ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Popilʹni͡a",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Попільня",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Popilnia",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Popelnia",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in the French locality reference; French transcription rather than a new official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Popil’nya",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Popìlʹnâ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Popilʹni͡a",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table) form for French catalogue/source matching; same system form as in English, French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Popilnia is a settlement southeast of Zhytomyr in northern Ukraine. It serves the surrounding settlement community and was formerly a district centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Popilnia is the settlement, distinct from a neighbouring village of the same name. Old administrative-centre claims refer to the pre-2020 raion. Standard-derived romanizations are retrieval aids, not claims of English or French prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2652368 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popilnia ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popilnia.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1590,
  "slug": "popilnia"
}