{
  "place_id": "miory#8089_11534",
  "wikidata": "Q266841",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Мёры",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Miory",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference form; Russian-based and dated national-system forms are listed separately where different.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Myory",
          "why": "Alternative Belarusian-based English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mior",
          "why": "Alias indexed in English-language naming data; historical/community provenance and prose frequency are uncertain. Low certainty for this individual form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mery",
          "why": "Alias indexed in English-language naming data; historical/community provenance and prose frequency are uncertain. Low certainty for this individual form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Мёры",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Miory",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Myory",
          "why": "Belarusian-oriented international spelling useful in French map and bibliography matching; French reference heading uses Miory."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Miory is a small town in northern Belarus's Vitebsk Region, close to the Latvian border area. The surrounding lake country includes the Yelnya raised bog and its wetland wildlife.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miory ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miory.",
  "rank": 1243,
  "slug": "miory"
}