{
  "place_id": "petrykov#7896_11583",
  "wikidata": "Q955717",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Петрыкаў",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pyetrykaw",
      "why": "Conventional Belarusian-based English form, using ye for е and w for ў; Petrikov is the Russian-based alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pietrykaŭ",
          "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": "Petrikov",
          "why": "Russian-based form used in English historical and geographical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Petryków",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Petrykaw",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Петрыкаў",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local source titles and addresses cited in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Петриков",
          "why": "Russian-script name recorded in local/reference sources, retained for matching quotations in English; not a preferred English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Petrykow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Petryków for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Petrykaw",
      "why": "French reference form with initial Pe- and final w; Petrikov is the Russian-derived French alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Petrikov",
          "why": "Russian form familiar in French historical and geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Petrykaŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form explicitly quoted in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Petryków",
          "why": "Polish historical form explicitly given in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Petrykow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Petryków for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pyetrykaw is a town on the Pripyat in Gomel Region, southern Belarus. Its river setting places it within the wetlands and forests of Polesia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The Belarusian 2007 geographical system is identified by date; no claim that it remains the unchanged domestic standard after 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietrykaw ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrykaw.",
  "rank": 957,
  "slug": "pyetrykaw"
}