{
  "place_id": "loshnytsia#8015_11598",
  "wikidata": "Q13029805",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Лошніца",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Loshnitsa",
      "why": "English locality heading Loshnitsa; the dated Belarusian national form Lošnica and traditional Łošnica are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lošnica",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łošnica",
          "why": "Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loshnytsa",
          "why": "Belarusian-based variant used by the input slug; independent English prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łosznica",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loschniza",
          "why": "Historical spelling used in English accounts of the Napoleonic battle here."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лошніца",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Losnica",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łošnica for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Losznica",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łosznica for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Loshnitsa",
      "why": "Same as in English; no independent French name verified for this Barysaw-area village.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Loshnytsa is a large village in Barysaw District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It lies east of Barysaw and serves as the centre of a surrounding rural council.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "English reference heading is Loshnitsa; national 2007 Lošnica and traditional Łošnica are also recorded. No separate French form verified; a French-looking Lochnitsa is not assumed. Historical Loschniza refers to the Napoleonic battle here. National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Independent French locality-reference attestation is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13029805 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loshnitsa ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Лошніца.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1530,
  "slug": "loshnitsa"
}