{
  "place_id": "kobryn#7900_11353",
  "wikidata": "Q955992",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Кобрын",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kobryn",
      "why": "Established Belarusian-based English form; distinguished from Russian-based Kobrin.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kobrin",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, established in older English accounts and many historical records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kobryń",
          "why": "Polish historical name, used in English studies of interwar Poland and family history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Кобрын",
          "why": "Belarusian Cyrillic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Кобрин",
          "why": "Russian Cyrillic name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kobryn",
      "why": "Same as in English; attested French reference spelling alongside Kobrin.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kobrin",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling in older French geographical and historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kobryń",
          "why": "Polish spelling retained when French authors discuss Polish history or quote Polish sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kobryn is a town in Brest Region in southwestern Belarus, on the Mukhavets River. It lies on the water route linking the Bug and Dnieper basins and has a long history as a market and military town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Kobryn is also the Belarusian national 2007/UN 2012 romanization and the usual BGN/PCGN 1979 form. No claim is made that the 2007 rules remain unchanged domestic policy after 2023.",
  "rank": 204,
  "slug": "kobryn"
}