{
  "place_id": "lesnoi#8000_11538",
  "wikidata": "Q3919901",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Лясны",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lyasny",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical form attested by GeoNames; no established English exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Liasny",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; historical system provenance, not a claim about the replacement domestic rules of 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lesnoy",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling of Лесной, widely used for the settlement in maps and addresses."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lesnoi",
          "why": "Alternative English romanization of the Russian name, including the input label’s spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lesny",
          "why": "Simplified Russian-mediated English form used in reporting about the Minsk suburbs."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Liasny",
      "why": "Editorial Belarusian-based spelling for French; an established French usage for this suburban settlement has not been verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lyasny",
          "why": "English-style Belarusian transcription, useful when French texts cite international maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lesnoï",
          "why": "French-style rendering of Russian Лесной; editorial retrieval form, with French corpus usage unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lesnoy",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling retained in quoted addresses and international sources in French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lyasny is a formally rural settlement northeast of Minsk, beside the Barauliany suburban area. Apartment housing and major medical institutions give this part of the Minsk outskirts an urban character.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "low",
  "notes": "GeoNames 8247407 identifies the settlement near Barauliany, not a Russian town called Lesnoy. French main is an editorial Belarusian-based form, not a verified established exonym. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 504,
  "slug": "lyasny"
}