{
  "place_id": "berezyno#7990_11610",
  "wikidata": "Q200833",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Беразіно",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Byerazino",
      "why": "Conventional Belarusian-based English form using BGN/PCGN-style palatalization markers; Russian-based Berezino is an alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Berezino",
          "why": "Russian-based English form, from Березино."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berazino",
          "why": "Belarusian-based spelling without BGN/PCGN palatalization markers."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bieraźino",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007; UN recommendation 2012)."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berezyna",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English historical and genealogical references to this place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Беразіно",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling, retained for matching local sources cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Berazino",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Berezino",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling used in French historical and geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Byerazino",
          "why": "International Belarusian-based form useful when French documents cite English sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Berezyna",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in French reference material."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Byerazino is a town on the Berezina east of Minsk in Belarus. Its river crossing and position on routes across the region have long supported local trade.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian 2007 geographical forms are dated historical standards; no implementation of the replacement domestic instruction of 2023 is claimed.",
  "rank": 871,
  "slug": "byerazino"
}