{
  "place_id": "cherykov#7976_11743",
  "wikidata": "Q955126",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Чэрыкаў",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Cherykaw",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference form; Russian-based and dated national-system forms are listed separately where different.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Cherikov",
          "why": "Russian-based English form, currently used alongside Cherykaw."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cherykov",
          "why": "Alternative English spelling indexed in naming data; source-language attribution uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čerykaŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czeryków",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tcherykaw",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Чэрыкаў",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czerykow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Czeryków for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tcherykaw",
      "why": "French reference heading Tcherykaw uses tch for ч; Tcherikov is the Russian-based alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tcherikov",
          "why": "Russian-based French alternative explicitly given in the town entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tchérikov",
          "why": "Accented form indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Čerykaŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cherykaw",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cerykau",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Čerykaŭ for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Cherykaw is a town on the Sozh River in eastern Belarus's Mahilioŭ Region. It serves the surrounding district and lies in a region affected by fallout from the Chernobyl disaster.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "English Cherikov is prominent alongside Belarusian-based Cherykaw; the latter is selected to retain a consistent Belarusian-language main. French reference heading Tcherykaw and Russian-based Tcherikov are separately recorded. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherykaw ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcherykaw.",
  "rank": 1248,
  "slug": "cherykaw"
}