{
  "place_id": "kalynkovychi#7896_11629",
  "wikidata": "Q937344",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Калінкавічы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kalinkavichy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English form, consistent with BGN/PCGN 1979 usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kalinkavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national 2007 geographical romanization, recommended by the UN in 2012; not a claim of unchanged domestic policy after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalinkovichi",
          "why": "Russian-based form, common in older English maps and railway histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalinkowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name, used in historical and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Калінкавічы",
          "why": "Belarusian Cyrillic spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Калинковичи",
          "why": "Russian Cyrillic spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kalinkavitchy",
      "why": "French transcription uses tch for ч; attested French reference form alongside Russian-based Kalinkovitchi.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kalinkavichy",
          "why": "English-style Belarusian transcription reproduced in some French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalinkavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form reproduced in French geographical reference tables; same dated system as in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalinkovitchi",
          "why": "Russian-based French transcription, used in older references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalinkowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling, retained when French texts cite Polish sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kalinkavichy is a town in Gomel Region in southeastern Belarus, near Mazyr. It developed into an important railway junction in the Pripyat lowlands.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Local name is Belarusian, replacing the Ukrainian exonym in the input. Kalinkavichy is the conventional BGN/PCGN 1979 spelling.",
  "rank": 285,
  "slug": "kalinkavichy"
}