{
  "place_id": "oshmiany#8023_11440",
  "wikidata": "Q722836",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Ашмяны",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ashmyany",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ašmiany",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ashmiany",
          "why": "Belarusian-based English variant using ia rather than ya."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oshmyany",
          "why": "Russian-based name used in English maps and histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oszmiana",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English histories and Jewish genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Asmena",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Lithuanian Ašmena; not the present Belarusian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ašmena",
          "why": "Lithuanian name used in English discussions of the historical Grand Duchy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oshmiany",
          "why": "Variant English romanization in historical references."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Achmiany",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ochmiany",
          "why": "French Russian-mediated form used alongside Belarusian-based Achmiany."
        },
        {
          "name": "Oszmiana",
          "why": "Polish historical name relevant to French studies of the interwar region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ašmena",
          "why": "Lithuanian form quoted in French historical or linguistic contexts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ašmiany",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form in specialist citations; see the English system note."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ashmyany is a town in Grodno Region in northwestern Belarus on the Ashmyanka River. Its churches and synagogue reflect the varied communities of this former Grand Duchy of Lithuania market town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 596,
  "slug": "ashmyany"
}