{
  "place_id": "ripky#7878_11727",
  "wikidata": "Q2154590",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ріпки",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ripky",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Repki",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rìpki",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ріпки",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ripky",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ripky is a settlement north of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine. It serves a rural part of Polissia along the road towards the Belarusian border.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripky ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripky.",
  "rank": 1312,
  "slug": "ripky"
}