{
  "place_id": "klychev#7971_11630",
  "wikidata": "Q955153",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Клічаў",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Klichaw",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-based forms and dated national-system spellings are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Klichev",
          "why": "Russian-based English name from Кличев."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kličaŭ",
          "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": "Kliczew",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Klitchaw",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Клічаў",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Klitchaw",
      "why": "French reference heading uses tch for ч; the Russian-based Klitchev is separately recorded.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Klitchev",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kličaŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted by the French reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Klichaw",
          "why": "English international spelling for matching sources quoted in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Klicau",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kličaŭ for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Klichaw is a town in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus. It lies on the Olsa River in a district associated with forests and wartime partisan activity.",
  "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/Klichaw ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klitchaw.",
  "rank": 1317,
  "slug": "klichaw"
}