{
  "place_id": "seredyna-buda#7899_11890",
  "wikidata": "Q2353496",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Середина-Буда",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Seredyna-Buda",
      "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": "Seredina-Buda",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older and Russian-derived English references; actual English prose frequency is unverified. Not a separate official renaming. ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seredyna Buda",
          "why": "Space-separated retrieval spelling; the official Ukrainian name has a hyphen."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seredyna-Bouda",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Середина-Буда",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Seredyna-Bouda",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Seredina-Bouda",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Seredyna-Buda",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Seredyna-Buda is a small city in the northern part of Sumy Oblast. It lies close to the Russian border in a landscape of forests and agricultural land.",
  "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/Seredyna-Buda ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seredyna-Bouda ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Середина-Буда ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сэрэдына-Буда ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seredîna-Buda.",
  "rank": 1349,
  "slug": "seredyna-buda"
}