{
  "place_id": "loiev#7885_11711",
  "wikidata": "Q2494413",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Лоеў",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Loyew",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Loyev",
          "why": "Alternative English spelling explicitly used in English prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loev",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lojeŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łojów",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loyewa Hara",
          "why": "Earlier expanded Belarusian name quoted in English history; means Loyew Hill."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loïew",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лоеў",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lojow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łojów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loiew",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Loïew for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Loïew",
      "why": "French locality heading uses ï for the vowel sequence and w for Belarusian ў; Russian-based Loïev is also printed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Loïev",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in the French locality reference; French transcription rather than a new official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łojeŭ",
          "why": "Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in the French introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lojeŭ",
          "why": "National-system spelling indexed in French naming data; distinct from the adapted French heading Loïew."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loyew",
          "why": "International English reference spelling for cross-references in French; prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loiew",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Loïew for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Loiev",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Loïev for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lojeu",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łojeŭ for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Loyew is a small town in southeastern Belarus where the Sozh meets the Dnieper. Its riverside position made it a strategic locality, including during the seventeenth-century Cossack wars.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyew ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loïew.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1537,
  "slug": "loyew"
}