{
  "place_id": "bereza#7918_11387",
  "wikidata": "Q879406",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Бяроза",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Byaroza",
      "why": "Established English Belarusian-based form following BGN/PCGN 1979 conventions; retained alongside Russian-based Bereza and Beryoza.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Biaroza",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization revised in 2007 and UN-approved in 2012; historical standard, superseded domestically in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bereza",
          "why": "Russian- or Polish-based spelling in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beryoza",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling making ё explicit."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bereza Kartuska",
          "why": "Historical Polish name familiar from accounts of the interwar detention camp."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bereza-Kartuzskaya",
          "why": "Russian-based historical longer name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Берёза",
          "why": "Russian original-script name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Biaroza",
      "why": "Belarusian-based form established in French geographical references; French also uses Russian-based Berioza.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Berioza",
          "why": "Russian-based French name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bereza",
          "why": "Polish or simplified Russian spelling in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bereza Kartuska",
          "why": "Historical Polish name used in French accounts of the interwar detention camp."
        },
        {
          "name": "Byaroza",
          "why": "English-oriented spelling in French map references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Byaroza is a town in Brest Region in Belarus on the Yaselda river. Ruins of a Carthusian monastery recall the origin of its longer historical name, Bereza Kartuska.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The different forms of “birch” reflect Belarusian, Russian and Polish usage. French main form checked at https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biaroza . Input label 'Береза' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 368,
  "slug": "byaroza"
}