{
  "place_id": "horky#8015_11721",
  "wikidata": "Q954812",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Горкі",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Horki",
      "why": "Established English Belarusian-based form; identical in BGN/PCGN 1979 and the Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, which was superseded domestically in 2023.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gorki",
          "why": "Russian-based English form, widely used in older references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gorky",
          "why": "Older English rendering of the Russian name; ambiguous with other places."
        },
        {
          "name": "Горки",
          "why": "Russian original-script name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Horki",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; Belarusian-based French geographical usage, alongside Russian-based Gorki.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gorki",
          "why": "Russian-based name used in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gorky",
          "why": "Older French rendering of the Russian form."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Horki is a town in Mogilev Region in eastern Belarus. It is particularly associated with the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy and agricultural education.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The name is not a reference to the writer Maxim Gorky; distinguish the many other places called Gorki. Input label 'Горки' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 363,
  "slug": "horki"
}