{
  "place_id": "rechytsia#7909_11688",
  "wikidata": "Q909612",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Рэчыца",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rechytsa",
      "why": "Established English spelling of the current city name; Belarusian and Russian source forms are distinguished in the alternatives.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rečyca",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012. This historical standard is distinguished from the replacement domestic instruction of 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rechitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, found in older international references and Russian-language source citations; retained as a recognition form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Retchitsa",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rzeczyca",
          "why": "Polish name, used when discussing the town in Polish historical or family sources; not the current local official form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Рэчыца",
          "why": "Local name in its original Cyrillic script, useful for identifying quotations, signs and local sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rèčyca",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Standard-derived search form, not independently attested here as an English or French place-name spelling; medium confidence in textual use."
        },
        {
          "name": "Retchytsa",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Речица",
          "why": "Russian-language source name in its original Cyrillic script, supplied to recognise quotations and multilingual records; not an English or French spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Retchytsa",
      "why": "Graphie française du nom actuel de la ville ; les formes issues du biélorusse et du russe sont distinguées dans les variantes.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rečyca",
          "why": "Romanisation géographique nationale biélorusse de 2007, recommandée par l’ONU en 2012 ; cette norme est distinguée de l’instruction nationale qui l’a remplacée en 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rechytsa",
          "why": "Romanisation biélorusse BGN/PCGN de 1979. Forme de recherche déduite de la norme ; certitude moyenne quant à l’emploi de cette graphie exacte en prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rechitsa",
          "why": "Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification."
        },
        {
          "name": "Retchitsa",
          "why": "Transcription française employée dans les textes francophones, conservée à côté de la forme principale retenue."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rzeczyca",
          "why": "Nom polonais repris dans les travaux sur les sources historiques ou familiales polonaises ; ce n’est pas la forme officielle locale actuelle."
        },
        {
          "name": "Рэчыца",
          "why": "Nom local en alphabet cyrillique, utile pour identifier les citations, les panneaux et les sources locales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rèčyca",
          "why": "Translittération caractère par caractère ISO 9:1995. Forme de recherche déduite de la norme, sans attestation indépendante ici comme nom anglais ou français ; certitude moyenne quant à l’usage textuel."
        },
        {
          "name": "Речица",
          "why": "Nom russe dans son alphabet cyrillique, fourni pour reconnaître les citations et les documents multilingues ; ce n’est pas une graphie anglaise ou française."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rechytsa is a city on the Dnieper in Homiel Region in southeastern Belarus. It is an important centre of the country’s oil industry.",
  "about_fr": "Retchytsa est une ville de la région de Homiel, dans le sud-est de la Biélorussie, sur le Dniepr. Elle occupe une place importante dans l’industrie pétrolière du pays.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Rechytsa is the Belarusian-based BGN/PCGN 1979 form; Rechitsa is Russian-based. The input’s Ukrainian exonym Речиця was replaced by the Belarusian local name. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.",
  "rank": 156,
  "slug": "rechytsa"
}