{
  "place_id": "voronizh#7876_11859",
  "wikidata": "Q4125372",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Вороніж",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Voronizh",
      "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).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Voronezh",
          "why": "Russian-based name of this Ukrainian settlement; highly ambiguous with the much larger Russian city."
        },
        {
          "name": "Woroneż",
          "why": "Polish spelling quoted in English historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Voronij",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Voronìž",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Voroniz͡h",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Вороніж",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Woronez",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Woroneż for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Voronij",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Voronej",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Voronizh",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Voronizh is a settlement near Shostka in northern Ukraine's Sumy Oblast. It was the birthplace of the writer and translator Panteleimon Kulish.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Voronezh here is the Russian form of Ukrainian Voronizh, not the city in Russia. Polish source titles vary between Woroniż and Woroneż; this is not evidence of a recent municipal renaming. Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronizh ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronij ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вороніж ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вароніж ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronij.",
  "rank": 1373,
  "slug": "voronizh"
}