{
  "place_id": "buda-koshelovo#7928_11698",
  "wikidata": "Q955729",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Буда-Кашалёва",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Buda-Kashalyova",
      "why": "Conventional English reference form based on Belarusian; dated national geographical romanization is listed separately where different.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Buda-Koshelyovo",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buda-Koshelevo",
          "why": "Russian-based form using e for ё."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buda-Kašaliova",
          "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."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buda Koszelewska",
          "why": "Polish historical or regional name quoted in English accounts of the place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bouda-Kachaliova",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Буда-Кашалёва",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bouda-Kachaliova",
      "why": "Belarusian-based French reference form with ou and ch; Russian-based Bouda-Kocheliovo is also recorded in French.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bouda-Kocheliovo",
          "why": "Russian-based French form explicitly given alongside the Belarusian-based spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buda-Kašaliova",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling indexed in French reference data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buda Koszelewska",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly given in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buda-Kashalyova",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Buda-Kashalyova is a town northwest of Gomel in southeastern Belarus. It developed on the railway corridor linking Gomel with the rest of the country.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The national 2007/UN 2012 romanization is dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda-Kashalyova ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouda-Kachaliova.",
  "rank": 1146,
  "slug": "buda-kashalyova"
}