{
  "place_id": "liozno#8057_11710",
  "wikidata": "Q1025872",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Лёзна",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Lyozna",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived names and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Liozna",
          "why": "Belarusian-based English naming-data spelling; the English article uses Lyozna."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liozno",
          "why": "Russian-based English reference form from Лиозно."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łoźna",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łoźno",
          "why": "Variant Polish historical form indexed for the town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyëzna",
          "why": "Alternative Belarusian transcription explicitly indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liosna",
          "why": "Historical Latin variant indexed in English naming data; exact system unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lezna",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval form in English naming data; prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лёзна",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lozna",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łoźna for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lozno",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łoźno for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyezna",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Lyëzna for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Liozna",
      "why": "French locality heading uses Liozna; its Russian-based alternative is Liozno.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Liozno",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly printed in the French locality reference; useful for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łoźna",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in French locality references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyozna",
          "why": "International spelling for cross-references in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lozna",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Łoźna for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Lyozna is a settlement on the Moshna River in Belarus's Vitebsk Region. It lies near the Russian border on the road and railway between Vitebsk and Smolensk.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "English main Lyozna follows the current article heading; Liozna remains the English naming-data and French heading. Local Belarusian is Лёзна, not Ukrainian input Ліозно. Liozno derives from Russian. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liozna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liozna.",
  "rank": 1441,
  "slug": "lyozna"
}