{
  "place_id": "kolodyshchy#7997_11543",
  "wikidata": "Q4228181",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Калодзішчы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kalodzishchy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English form used in English geographical reference material; Russian-based names remain alternative search forms.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kalodziščy",
          "why": "Belarusian national romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; not a claim that domestic policy remained unchanged after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolodishchi",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling given in the English reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kołodziszcze",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling used in English accounts of the region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalodzìščy",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Belarusian name; standard-derived bibliographic retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Калодзішчы",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, useful in English quotations of local sources."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kalodzishchy",
      "why": "Same form as in English, chosen for French cross-language retrieval; no established separate French exonym was verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kalodziščy",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form for French specialist searches; no established French exonym was verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kolodishchi",
          "why": "Russian-based international form for French searches; French prose frequency has not been checked."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kołodziszcze",
          "why": "Polish historical search form; not a verified French exonym."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kalodzishchy is a large settlement just east of Minsk in Belarus. It developed around a railway station and later became associated with radio and television transmission facilities.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "No established French exonym was verified. Kalodzishchy is the practical Belarusian-based English spelling; Kalodziščy is the 2007 national/UN 2012 form, not a claim about unchanged domestic rules after 2023.",
  "rank": 727,
  "slug": "kalodzishchy"
}