{
  "place_id": "shabo#7562_11688",
  "wikidata": "Q2120815",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Шабо",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Shabo",
      "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": "Chabag",
          "why": "French-speaking Swiss colonial name used in English accounts of the winegrowing colony."
        },
        {
          "name": "Şaba",
          "why": "Romanian historical name, with older cedilla typography; used for Bessarabian source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Șaba",
          "why": "Modern Romanian comma-below typography of the historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chabo",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Šabo",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Шабо",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Saba",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Şaba for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chabo",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Şaba",
          "why": "Romanian historical form explicitly given in the French village reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chabag",
          "why": "French colonial name used for the Swiss winegrowers’ settlement; historically specific."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shabo",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Saba",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Şaba for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Shabo is a village near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine's Odesa Oblast. It is known for wine production and for the Swiss winegrowers who settled there in the nineteenth century.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Chabag was the name of the French-speaking Swiss wine colony, not a newly translated English name. French Chabo and Romanian Şaba are distinct attested traditions. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabo ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabo_(Ukraine).",
  "rank": 1319,
  "slug": "shabo"
}