{
  "place_id": "mikashevychi#7900_11525",
  "wikidata": "Q956464",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Мікашэвічы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mikashevichy",
      "why": "Conventional Belarusian-based English form; the national geographical spelling with carons is also listed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mikashevichi",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, from Микашевичи."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mikaševičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical system (2007; UN recommendation 2012)."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mikaszewicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English historical and genealogical references to this place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mikachevitchy",
          "why": "French-language form, useful when an English text quotes a French map, report or source title; not the English main name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Мікашэвічы",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling, retained for matching local sources cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mikachevitchy",
      "why": "Attested French reference spelling; ch and tch render ш and ч.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mikashevichy",
          "why": "International form for matching French source titles; Mikachevitchy is the adapted French reference form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mikachevitchi",
          "why": "French Russian-based transcription; the final i reflects Russian rather than Belarusian."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mikaszewicze",
          "why": "Polish historical form relevant to French references about the interwar town."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mikashevichy is a town in Brest Region in southern Belarus. It is especially associated with the large granite quarry and crushed-stone industry on the edge of Polesia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian 2007 geographical forms are dated historical standards; no implementation of the replacement domestic instruction of 2023 is claimed.",
  "rank": 837,
  "slug": "mikashevichy"
}