{
  "place_id": "baran#8026_11684",
  "wikidata": "Q286964",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Барань",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Baran",
      "why": "Conventional Belarusian-based English form; the 2007 national geographical romanization is listed separately where it differs.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Barań",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023. Also the Polish spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Baran’",
          "why": "English spelling retaining the final Belarusian/Russian soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Baran'",
          "why": "Plain-apostrophe typography of the soft-sign form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Барань",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local source titles and addresses cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Baran",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Barań",
          "why": "Polish and Belarusian Latin spelling useful in French historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Baran'",
          "why": "Soft-sign spelling explicitly quoted in the French reference entry."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Baran is a town near Orsha in Vitebsk Region, eastern Belarus. Industrial development, including the manufacture of communications equipment, has shaped its modern history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The Belarusian 2007 geographical system is identified by date; no claim that it remains the unchanged domestic standard after 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baran,_Belarus ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baran_(Biélorussie).",
  "rank": 969,
  "slug": "baran"
}