{
  "place_id": "khotymsk#7967_11810",
  "wikidata": "Q2630628",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Хоцімск",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Khotsimsk",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Khotimsk",
          "why": "Russian-based name explicitly quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chocimsk",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Хоцімск",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Khotsimsk",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Khotimsk",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in the French locality reference; French transcription rather than a new official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chocimsk",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin and Polish spelling explicitly given by the French reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Khotiml",
          "why": "Earlier settlement name explicitly printed in French history; precise replacement date unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Khotsimsk is a small town on the Besed River in eastern Belarus's Mogilev Region. It serves as a district centre near the country's easternmost border with Russia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Khotsimsk retained as English and French reference main; Khotimsk is Russian-based and Chocimsk is the dated national Belarusian form as well as Polish. French history contains an apparent copied reference to Hlousk, which is not used. National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khotimsk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khotsimsk.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1540,
  "slug": "khotsimsk"
}