{
  "place_id": "lepel#8048_11594",
  "wikidata": "Q954132",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Лепель",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lyepyel",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, rendering both palatalized vowel sequences; Lepel is the shorter established international alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lepel",
          "why": "Russian-mediated and established international short spelling, also the lake’s ordinary English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liepieĺ",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lepiel",
          "why": "Belarusian-based spelling using ie for the palatalized vowel sequences."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lepel’",
          "why": "Russian-based form preserving the final soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lepel'",
          "why": "ASCII version of the Russian soft-sign form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Lepel",
      "why": "French reference spelling Lepel is retained as a familiar international form, without the expanded English-style Lyepyel transcription.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lepiel",
          "why": "Belarusian-based French reference variant; also used in French sports references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liepieĺ",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling in specialist citations; see the English system note."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyepyel",
          "why": "English-style Belarusian transcription retained in French international references."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lyepyel is a town in Vitebsk Region in northern Belarus beside Lake Lepel. It serves a lake-filled district close to the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 595,
  "slug": "lyepyel"
}