{
  "place_id": "dorohychyn#7899_11397",
  "wikidata": "Q956471",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Драгічын",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Drahichyn",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Drahičyn",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Drogichin",
          "why": "Russian-based name used in English maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Drohiczyn",
          "why": "Polish historical name, ambiguous with the town in present-day Poland."
        },
        {
          "name": "Drohiczyn Poleski",
          "why": "Historical Polish distinguishing form identifying this Polesian town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Драгічын",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Drahitchyn",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Droguitchine",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French transcription in older reference works."
        },
        {
          "name": "Drohiczyn Poleski",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in French writing to distinguish the town in Polesia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Drahičyn",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling in French geographical reference tables."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Drahichyn is a town in Brest Region in the lowlands of Polesia. It is a local service and railway centre in the countryside east of Kobryn.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Not Drohiczyn on the Bug in present-day Poland. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling. The dated 2007/UN 2012 geographical system is distinguished from Belarus’s replacement domestic rules of 2023.",
  "rank": 680,
  "slug": "drahichyn"
}