{
  "place_id": "lelchytsi#7876_11573",
  "wikidata": "Q2607484",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Лельчыцы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lyelchytsy",
      "why": "Conventional Belarusian-based English form using the BGN/PCGN Belarusian system (1979); local and scholarly spellings are given separately.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lelchytsy",
          "why": "Belarusian-based spelling without the initial palatalizing y; used in local English web addresses and name indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lelchitsy",
          "why": "Russian-based English form, from Лельчицы."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lieĺčycy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; not a claim about the replacement domestic rules of 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lelczyce",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English historical and genealogical references to this place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leltchytsy",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лельчыцы",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling, retained for matching local sources cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Leltchytsy",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; tch renders ч; the y endings follow Belarusian rather than Russian.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Leltchitsy",
          "why": "Russian-based French form explicitly given alongside Leltchytsy in the French reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lelčycy",
          "why": "Traditional Belarusian Latin form quoted in the French reference entry; distinct from the 2007 geographical system."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lelczyce",
          "why": "Polish historical form quoted in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyelchytsy",
          "why": "International English spelling for matching sources cited in French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lelcycy",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Lelčycy for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lyelchytsy is a small town on the Ubort in the Polesia region of southern Belarus. It is a district centre in Gomel Region, close to the Ukrainian border.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Local name corrected from the input’s Ukrainian exonym to Belarusian Лельчыцы. French Leltchytsy is separately attested; do not copy the English BGN/PCGN spelling into French by default. Belarusian 2007 geographical forms are dated historical standards; no implementation of the replacement domestic instruction of 2023 is claimed.",
  "rank": 802,
  "slug": "lyelchytsy"
}