{
  "place_id": "kletsk#7947_11479",
  "wikidata": "Q200937",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Клецк",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kletsk",
      "why": "Established English form in historical and religious writing; Belarusian Klyetsk and the national geographical Klieck are also listed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Klyetsk",
          "why": "Belarusian-based BGN/PCGN-style English form, indicating palatalization after l."
        },
        {
          "name": "Klieck",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007; UN recommendation 2012)."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kleck",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English historical and genealogical references to this place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kletzk",
          "why": "Traditional English spelling used in Jewish religious history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kletsak",
          "why": "Alternative Belarusian name Клецак, recorded in geographical reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Клецк",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling, retained for matching local sources cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kletsk",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Klyetsk",
          "why": "International Belarusian-based form useful in French citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kleck",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling used in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kletsak",
          "why": "Belarusian alternative name explicitly given in the French reference entry."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kletsk is a town on the Lan River in Minsk Region, Belarus. It has a long history as a market town and is associated with the Radziwiłł estates and Jewish religious scholarship.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian 2007 geographical forms are dated historical standards; no implementation of the replacement domestic instruction of 2023 is claimed.",
  "rank": 874,
  "slug": "kletsk"
}