{
  "place_id": "nesvizh#7956_11482",
  "wikidata": "Q201230",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Нясвіж",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Nyasvizh",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical name; the Russian-based Nesvizh remains especially prominent in heritage publications.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Niasviž",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Niasvizh",
          "why": "Diacritic-free international Belarusian-based spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nesvizh",
          "why": "Russian-mediated English name, retained in UNESCO’s English World Heritage title."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nieśwież",
          "why": "Polish historical name widely used in English accounts of the Radziwiłł family."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nieswiez",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish name used in English indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Нясвіж",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Niasvij",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Nesvij",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French reference form; distinguish the international spelling Nesvizh, also used by UNESCO in French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nieśwież",
          "why": "Polish historical name in French accounts of the Radziwiłł family."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nieswiez",
          "why": "Accent-free historical Polish form in French bibliographies."
        },
        {
          "name": "Niasviž",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin geographical form retained in French reference tables."
        },
        {
          "name": "Nesvizh",
          "why": "International Russian-mediated spelling used by UNESCO in the French title of its World Heritage listing; French usage does not consistently adapt zh to j."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Nyasvizh is a town in Minsk Region in central Belarus. The Radziwiłł residence and Corpus Christi Church form part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Nyasvizh and Nesvizh are language-mediated forms of the same name, not evidence of a recent municipal renaming. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling. The dated 2007/UN 2012 geographical system is distinguished from Belarus’s replacement domestic rules of 2023.",
  "rank": 627,
  "slug": "nyasvizh"
}