{
  "place_id": "olshany#7893_11519",
  "wikidata": "Q13650438",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Альшаны",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Alshany",
      "why": "Belarusian-based Latin form selected for English readers; the English reference heading Olshany is Russian-based. Independent English prose frequency of Alshany is limited.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Olshany",
          "why": "Russian-based English reference form, also the English article heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aĺšany",
          "why": "Belarusian geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alšany",
          "why": "Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling; unlike the national 2007 form, it writes soft л as l without an acute."
        },
        {
          "name": "Olszany",
          "why": "Polish historical name for the Stolin-area settlement; source matching rather than a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Альшаны",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Alshany",
      "why": "Same Belarusian-based international form as in English; an editorial choice for French readers because no independently established French main was verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Olshany",
          "why": "Russian-based international spelling retained for French source matching; independent French preference not established."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aĺšany",
          "why": "Belarusian national 2007 system form retained for French map citations; French prose usage unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alšany",
          "why": "Traditional Belarusian Latin form for French bibliographical matching; French prose usage unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alsany",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Alšany for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Alshany is a large agrotown in the Stolin district of southern Belarus. It lies in the lowland countryside of Polissia and serves as the centre of a rural council.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "low",
  "notes": "This is the agrotown in Stolin District, coordinates matching Q13650438. English reference heading Olshany is Russian-based; the selected main Alshany follows Belarusian. Aĺšany is national 2007, Alšany traditional Latin. No independently established French preference verified. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Independent French reference attestation is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alshany ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Альшаны.",
  "rank": 1273,
  "slug": "alshany"
}