{
  "place_id": "miadel#8048_11496",
  "wikidata": "Q201218",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Мядзел",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Myadzyel",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-based forms and dated national-system spellings are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Myadel",
          "why": "Russian-based English form from Мядель."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miadziel",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that Belarus retained these domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miadel",
          "why": "Simpler Latin rendering used in historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miadzioł",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miadzel",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Мядзел",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miadziol",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Miadzioł for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Miadzel",
      "why": "French reference heading Miadzel differs from English Myadzyel; Russian-based Miadel and Polish Miadzioł are separately printed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Miadel",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miadzioł",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mjadzel",
          "why": "Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly given in the French introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Myadzyel",
          "why": "English international spelling for matching sources quoted in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miadziol",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Miadzioł for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Myadzyel is a small town in the northern part of the Minsk Region of Belarus. It lies among lakes near Lake Narach and serves as a gateway to the area's lake country.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Local Belarusian name is Мядзел, not the Ukrainian input Мядель. Myadzyel follows an English reference heading; French Miadzel and Russian-based Miadel are separately recorded. National 2007 form Miadziel differs from traditional Mjadzel. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myadzyel ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miadzel ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мядель ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мядзел.",
  "rank": 1364,
  "slug": "myadzyel"
}