{
  "place_id": "bilozersk#7915_11398",
  "wikidata": "Q956460",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Белаазёрск",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Byelaazyorsk",
      "why": "Conventional Belarusian-based English form; the 2007 national geographical romanization is listed separately where it differs.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bielaaziorsk",
          "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": "Beloozyorsk",
          "why": "Russian-based English form from Белоозёрск."
        },
        {
          "name": "Biarozawski",
          "why": "French-mediated Belarusian spelling of the brief earlier settlement name, replaced in 1960; historical retrieval only."
        },
        {
          "name": "Beloozersk",
          "why": "Russian-based English form with e for ё, explicitly listed in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Belaaziorsk",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Белаазёрск",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local source titles and addresses cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Белоозёрск",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Belaaziorsk",
      "why": "French reference heading based on Belarusian; French also records Russian-derived Belooziorsk.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Belooziorsk",
          "why": "Russian-derived form recorded alongside Belaaziorsk in French reference usage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bielaaziorsk",
          "why": "Variant indexed in French Wikidata naming data; not proof of a distinct official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Biarozawski",
          "why": "Former settlement name as rendered in the French historical account; replaced in 1960."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Byelaazyorsk is a town in Brest Region in western Belarus, near Lake Bielaye. It developed as a workers' settlement for the large Biaroza thermal power station.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian local_name replaces the Ukrainian input exonym. The short-lived Biarozawski name was replaced in 1960. Biełaaziorsk in older łacinka quotations is not identical to the 2007 geographical spelling Bielaaziorsk. 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/Byelaazyorsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belaaziorsk.",
  "rank": 905,
  "slug": "byelaazyorsk"
}