{
  "place_id": "sharkovshchyna#8075_11525",
  "wikidata": "Q2659505",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Шаркаўшчына",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sharkawshchyna",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sharkovshchina",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling explicitly used in English prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Šarkaŭščyna",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sharkaŭshchyna",
          "why": "Mixed-diacritic English naming-data spelling retaining Belarusian ŭ."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sharkaushchyna",
          "why": "English naming-data spelling using u for Belarusian ў."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sharkowshchyna",
          "why": "Alternative English naming-data spelling using w for ў."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szarkowszczyzna",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Šarkauscyna",
          "why": "Partial diacritic simplification indexed in English naming data; not the full national system."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sakovchizna",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sarkeyschina",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sarkeystsene",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sharkotsina",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sharkoyshchina",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sharkeyshtshine",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Charkowchtchyna",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Шаркаўшчына",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sarkauscyna",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Šarkauscyna for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Charkowchtchyna",
      "why": "French locality heading Charkowchtchyna uses ch and chtch; its Belarusian Latin spellings vary in the text.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Šarkaŭščyna",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin name indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Šarkoŭščyna",
          "why": "Variant Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly printed in French prose; differs from the modern Belarusian vowel spelling, medium certainty."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szarkowszczyna",
          "why": "Polish-looking spelling explicitly printed in French prose; standard Polish historical spelling is Szarkowszczyzna, so this shorter form is treated cautiously."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sharkawshchyna",
          "why": "International English reference spelling for cross-references in French; prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sarkauscyna",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Šarkaŭščyna for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sarkouscyna",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Šarkoŭščyna for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Sharkawshchyna is a small town in northern Belarus's Vitebsk Region. It is a district centre with a history shaped by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, interwar Poland and the destruction of its Jewish community in the Holocaust.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "National system has Šarkaŭščyna. French prose also prints Šarkoŭščyna and shortened Polish-looking Szarkowszczyna; both flagged as uncertain variants rather than silently normalized. Detailed Holocaust dates differ across references and are omitted. National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2659505 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharkawshchyna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charkowchtchyna.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1570,
  "slug": "sharkawshchyna"
}