{
  "place_id": "velyka-novosilka#7657_12046",
  "wikidata": "Q4106309",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Велика Новосілка",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Velyka Novosilka",
      "why": "Current official Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010), adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019; selected for English geographical use. Also matches BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also matches ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Velikaya Novosyolka",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velykyi Yanisol",
          "why": "Historical name indexed in English naming data; replaced by Velyka Novosilka in 1946."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolshoi Yanisol",
          "why": "Russian form of the historical name, replaced in 1946."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolshoy Yanisol",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling printed in English local history; former name until 1946."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolshoy Yanisal",
          "why": "Earlier Russian-based name printed in English history, preceding the Yanisol spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Salgir Yanı Sala",
          "why": "Urum historical/community form explicitly printed in English history; not a modern Ukrainian official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Selhir Yeni-Sala",
          "why": "Historical spelling indexed in English naming data; exact language/system attribution uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Büyük Yañı Köy",
          "why": "Crimean Tatar name quoted in English reference prose; community-language form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ozenbash",
          "why": "Historical name of part of the settlement associated with migrants from a Crimean village; not the entire modern locality."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velyka Novossilka",
          "why": "French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velika Novosìlka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Велика Новосілка",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buyuk Yanı Koy",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Büyük Yañı Köy for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Velyka Novossilka",
      "why": "French locality reference heading; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Velikaïa Novossiolka",
          "why": "Russian-derived form indexed in French naming data; ï and ss reflect French transcription, prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Grande Novossilka",
          "why": "Partly translated form indexed in French naming data; grande translates the first element, not a Ukrainian civic change."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velykyï Ianissol",
          "why": "French rendering of a former name, retained in French naming data after the 1946 change."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolchoï Ianissol",
          "why": "Russian-based French form of the former name in French naming data; replaced in 1946."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ozenbach",
          "why": "French transcription of the name of part of the historical settlement, explicitly printed in French prose; not a synonym for the whole locality."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velyka Novosilka",
          "why": "International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velika Novosìlka",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 form for French catalogue matching; not verified as French prose usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velikaia Novossiolka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Velikaïa Novossiolka for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Velykyi Ianissol",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Velykyï Ianissol for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolchoi Ianissol",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Bolchoï Ianissol for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Velyka Novosilka is a settlement on the Mokri Yaly River in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its history is closely connected with the Greek communities of the northern Azov region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Former Velykyi Yanisol/Bolshoy Yanisol replaced in 1946. The Urum, Greek and Crimean Tatar community names and the historical Ozenbash quarter differ in language and scope. No current-control claim is needed for this geographical description. Standard-derived forms support retrieval without implying English or French press adoption. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Novosilka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velyka_Novossilka.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1602,
  "slug": "velyka-novosilka"
}