{
  "place_id": "pleshchenytsi#8023_11546",
  "wikidata": "Q2659496",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Плешчаніцы",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Plyeshchanitsy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Plieščanicy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pleshchenitsy",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pleshchanitsy",
          "why": "English naming-data variant differing from the current English heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pleshchenitsi",
          "why": "English naming-data variant using i rather than y for the final vowel."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pleszczenice",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Плешчаніцы",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Plieščanicy",
      "why": "French locality heading retains the Belarusian Latin spelling Plieščanicy; adapted French naming-data forms are alternatives.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pliechtchanitsy",
          "why": "French naming-data label using chtch for the consonant sequence; the French article retains Plieščanicy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plechtchanitsy",
          "why": "Variant indexed in French naming data; French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plechtchenitsi",
          "why": "Russian-derived variant indexed in French naming data; French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plyeshchanitsy",
          "why": "International English reference spelling for cross-references in French; prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pliescanicy",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Plieščanicy for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Plyeshchanitsy is a small town north of Minsk in Belarus. It belongs to Lahoysk District and serves the surrounding rural area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2659496 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plyeshchanitsy ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plieščanicy.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1579,
  "slug": "plyeshchanitsy"
}