{
  "place_id": "davyd-horodok#7891_11511",
  "wikidata": "Q956621",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Давыд-Гарадок",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Davyd-Haradok",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below. Also identical to the dated national 2007/UN 2012 form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "David-Gorodok",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly used alongside Davyd-Haradok in English prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "David Gorodok",
          "why": "Unhyphenated Russian-derived spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Davyd Haradok",
          "why": "Unhyphenated Belarusian-based spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dawidgródek",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dawid-Gródek",
          "why": "Hyphenated Polish historical spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dawid Gródek",
          "why": "Spaced Polish historical spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Davidgrudek",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Давыд-Гарадок",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dawidgrodek",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Dawidgródek for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dawid-Grodek",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Dawid-Gródek for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dawid Grodek",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Dawid Gródek for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Davyd-Haradok",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "David-Gorodok",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; retained for older French source matching, not the current preferred heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dawidgródek",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; used when discussing the earlier regional setting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dawidgrodek",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Dawidgródek for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Davyd-Haradok is a town on the Haryn River in southern Belarus. Its history includes a medieval fortified settlement and a Jewish community destroyed during the Holocaust.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "National-system references are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davyd-Haradok ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davyd-Haradok.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1615,
  "slug": "davyd-haradok"
}