{
  "place_id": "dobrush#7912_11739",
  "wikidata": "Q955474",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Добруш",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dobrush",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dobruš",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical system of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; diacritic spelling for technical and scholarly reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobrusz",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling used in archival and genealogical sources."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dobrouch",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dobrush",
          "why": "English-style transcription retained in French international citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dobruš",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form quoted in French specialist sources; see the English system note."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dobrush is a town in Gomel Region in southeastern Belarus on the Iput River. Paper manufacture is a longstanding part of its industrial history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 555,
  "slug": "dobrush"
}