{
  "place_id": "ivie#7996_11431",
  "wikidata": "Q738777",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Іўе",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Iwye",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-based forms and dated national-system spellings are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ivye",
          "why": "Russian-based English form from Ивье."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iŭje",
          "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": "Iwie",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Іўе",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Iwie",
      "why": "French heading Iwie coincides with the Polish historical spelling; Russian-based Ivie and Belarusian Latin Iŭje are also printed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Iŭje",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form explicitly quoted in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ivie",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iwye",
          "why": "English international spelling for matching sources quoted in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iuje",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Iŭje for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Iwye is a small town in the Grodno Region of Belarus. Its mosque and other religious buildings reflect a history shared by Lipka Tatars, Jews and Christian communities.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwye ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwie ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ів'є_(Білорусь) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Іўе.",
  "rank": 1370,
  "slug": "iwye"
}