{
  "place_id": "romny#7819_11860",
  "wikidata": "Q161994",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ромни",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Romny",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010 and recommended by the UN in 2012; also the BGN/PCGN system adopted in 2019. Established Latin spelling shared by Ukrainian and Russian romanization. This spelling also coincides with BGN/PCGN 1965 and ALA-LC Ukrainian 2011.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Romni",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 reversible transliteration of the Ukrainian spelling. Standard-derived form; medium confidence in actual use for this place, not claimed as an established English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ромни",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling, useful for matching local documents and quotations; not a Latin-script English form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Romny",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French geographical references also use Romny without a special adaptation.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Romny is a city in Sumy Oblast near the confluence of the Romen and Sula rivers. It was an important trading town and fair centre in northeastern Ukraine.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Romny is plural in local usage. No article has been added to the proper name in French.",
  "rank": 273,
  "slug": "romny"
}