{
  "place_id": "semenivka#7898_11809",
  "wikidata": "Q149155",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Семенівка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Semenivka",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. The same string also results from BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). The same string also results from ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Semyonovka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for historical or multilingual retrieval; English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Semenovka",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling using e for ё; ambiguous with numerous other settlements."
        },
        {
          "name": "Semenìvka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Семенівка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching quoted local source titles, maps and addresses."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Semenivka",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Semionovka",
          "why": "Russian-derived alternative explicitly given in French references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Semenivka is a small city in northern Chernihiv Oblast, close to Ukraine's border with Russia. It lies in the wooded landscape of Polissia and serves the surrounding rural communities.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semenivka,_Chernihiv_Oblast ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semenivka_(oblast_de_Tchernihiv).",
  "rank": 1200,
  "slug": "semenivka"
}