{
  "place_id": "krupky#8018_11618",
  "wikidata": "Q200960",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Крупкі",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Krupki",
      "why": "Conventional English reference form based on Belarusian; dated national geographical romanization is listed separately where different.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kroupki",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Крупкі",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kroupki",
      "why": "Attested French geographical reference spelling; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krupki",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form explicitly quoted in French references; French Kroupki writes ou for у."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Krupki is a town in the Minsk region of Belarus. It stands on the Bobr River near the main road corridor between Minsk and Orsha.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The national 2007/UN 2012 romanization is dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupki ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroupki.",
  "rank": 1170,
  "slug": "krupki"
}