{
  "place_id": "dubrovno#8031_11705",
  "wikidata": "Q954505",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Дуброўна",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dubrowna",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-based forms and dated national-system spellings are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dubrovno",
          "why": "Russian-based English form of Дубровно."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubroŭna",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that Belarus retained these domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubrovna",
          "why": "Alternative Latin spelling indexed in English naming data; source-language attribution not certain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dąbrowna",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Doubrowna",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Дуброўна",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dabrowna",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dąbrowna for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Doubrowna",
      "why": "French reference heading uses ou for у; Russian-based Doubrovno is separately printed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Doubrovno",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubroŭna",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin name explicitly given in the French introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubrowna",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dubrouna",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Dubroŭna for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dubrowna is a town on the Dnieper River in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus. It has a long history of textile production and once supported a substantial Jewish community.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "English main Dubrowna follows reference usage; national 2007 Dubroŭna and Russian Dubrovno are distinct. French Doubrowna uses ou; French Doubrovno is Russian-based. Polish Dąbrowna and Dubrowna both occur in references. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrowna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubrowna ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Дубровно ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Дуброўна.",
  "rank": 1341,
  "slug": "dubrowna"
}