{
  "place_id": "narovlia#7877_11638",
  "wikidata": "Q955736",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Нароўля",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Narowlya",
      "why": "Conventional English reference form based on Belarusian; dated national geographical romanization is listed separately where different.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Naroulia",
          "why": "Alternative Belarusian-based English spelling used in international references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Narovlya",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Naroŭlia",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Narowla",
          "why": "Polish historical or regional name quoted in English accounts of the place."
        },
        {
          "name": "Narowlia",
          "why": "French reference spelling; useful when English writing cites French titles or sources. Not asserted to be a usual English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нароўля",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Narowlia",
      "why": "Belarusian-based French reference form; Russian-derived Narovlia also occurs.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Narovlia",
          "why": "Russian-based French reference form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Naroŭlia",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form explicitly indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Naroŭla",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in the French entry; differs from the dated geographical romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Narowlya",
          "why": "International spelling retained for French source matching; French reference usage also has the adapted main form above."
        },
        {
          "name": "Naroulia",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Naroŭlia for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Narowlya is a town on the Pripyat River in southern Belarus. The Chernobyl disaster profoundly affected the town and the surrounding district.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Narowlya is the conventional English main; Naroulia is another international form. The Belarusian Latin system spelling is Naroŭlia. The national 2007/UN 2012 romanization is dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naroulia ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narowlia.",
  "rank": 1156,
  "slug": "narowlya"
}