{
  "place_id": "lohoisk#8011_11547",
  "wikidata": "Q200968",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Лагойск",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lahoysk",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lahojsk",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Logoysk",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling in many English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Logoisk",
          "why": "Alternative Russian-based English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łohojsk",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in studies of the Tyszkiewicz family."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lohojsk",
          "why": "Unaccented historical Polish spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лагойск",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Lahoïsk",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Logoïsk",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French spelling, especially in older references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łohojsk",
          "why": "Polish historical name retained in French family and estate histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lahojsk",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form in French geographical reference tables."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lahoysk is a town north of Minsk on the Haina River. Its hilly surroundings make it a centre for winter sports, while remnants of the Tyszkiewicz estate recall its aristocratic past.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling. The dated 2007/UN 2012 geographical system is distinguished from Belarus’s replacement domestic rules of 2023.",
  "rank": 644,
  "slug": "lahoysk"
}