{
  "place_id": "homel#7913_11721",
  "wikidata": "Q2678",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Гомель",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Gomel",
      "why": "Established English form mediated by Russian; the Belarusian-based Homyel is also current.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Homyel",
          "why": "Belarusian-based English romanization, also used for the city."
        },
        {
          "name": "Homieĺ",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization, 2007 revision, recommended by the UN in 2012. This is the earlier system, not a claim about domestic rules after the 2023 change."
        },
        {
          "name": "Homiel",
          "why": "Belarusian-based romanized variant used in international writing; spellings depend on the transcription system."
        },
        {
          "name": "Гомель",
          "why": "Current local name in its original script, for recognising quotations, signs and local-language references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gomelʹ",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 transliteration of the local Cyrillic name. This is a standard-derived retrieval form; independent use of this exact spelling in prose has not been checked. Confidence is medium for actual use as a place-name spelling; the standard and date identify the derivation."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Gomel",
      "why": "Forme française établie à partir du russe ; Homiel reflète le nom biélorusse.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Homiel",
          "why": "Transcription française du nom biélorusse, également employée."
        },
        {
          "name": "Homyel",
          "why": "Romanisation du biélorusse selon le système BGN/PCGN de 1979, employée dans les références géographiques anglophones ; il ne s’agit pas d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Homieĺ",
          "why": "Romanisation géographique nationale biélorusse, révision de 2007 recommandée par l’ONU en 2012 ; système antérieur au changement des règles nationales de 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Гомель",
          "why": "Nom local actuel dans son écriture d’origine, utile pour les citations, les panneaux et les références locales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gomelʹ",
          "why": "Translittération ISO 9:1995 du nom local cyrillique. Forme de recherche déduite de la norme ; son emploi exact dans des textes courants n’a pas été vérifié. La certitude est moyenne quant à son emploi réel comme graphie de ce lieu ; le système et la date précisent sa dérivation."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Gomel is a city in southeastern Belarus on the Sozh River. The Rumyantsev-Paskevich palace and its riverside park are major features of the historic centre.",
  "about_fr": "Gomel est une ville du sud-est du Bélarus, sur la Soj. Le palais Roumiantsev-Paskevitch et son parc au bord de la rivière marquent le centre historique.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "local_name is Belarusian Гомель. Belarusian and Russian are both official; no claim that Gomel is the national Belarusian romanization. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 forms are historical-system alternatives; no claim of conformity with the changed domestic 2023 rules. Some alternatives are explicitly standard-derived retrieval forms, not individually attested press spellings; this contributes to medium certainty.",
  "rank": 17,
  "slug": "gomel"
}