{
  "place_id": "mosty#7967_11363",
  "wikidata": "Q958685",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Масты",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Masty",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English form used in English geographical reference material; Russian-based names remain alternative search forms. ISO 9:1995 gives the same string. The Belarusian national system of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012, gives the same string; domestic rules changed in 2023.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mosty",
          "why": "Russian and Polish name used in English regional history and older geography."
        },
        {
          "name": "Most",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived form recorded in English Jewish cemetery and community indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Масты",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, useful in English quotations of local sources."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Masty",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mosty",
          "why": "Russian and Polish form explicitly given alongside Masty in the French reference entry."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Masty is a town on the Neman River in the Hrodna region of western Belarus. It serves as a district centre and a railway junction.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The input uses Ukrainian Мости. Local Belarusian Масты gives Masty; Russian and Polish give Mosty.",
  "rank": 710,
  "slug": "masty"
}