{
  "place_id": "ratne#7869_11362",
  "wikidata": "Q1385480",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ратне",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ratne",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name, using the Ukrainian national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ratno",
          "why": "Russian and historical Polish name, also used for the former Jewish community in English historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ратне",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local addresses, maps or source titles cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ратно",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ratne",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ratno",
          "why": "Russian/Polish historical name recorded in French reference material."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ratne is a settlement on the Vyzhivka River in northern Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It lies in the low-lying Polesia region near the Belarusian border.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Formal romanization variants are search aids and do not establish common usage in either language. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratne ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratne.",
  "rank": 973,
  "slug": "ratne"
}