{
  "place_id": "shklov#8011_11682",
  "wikidata": "Q730175",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Шклоў",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Shklow",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Škloŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shklov",
          "why": "Russian-based name common in English historical accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szkłów",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in accounts of the Commonwealth."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szklow",
          "why": "Unaccented historical Polish spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Шклоў",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chklow",
      "why": "French Belarusian-based reference spelling, Chklow; Russian-mediated Chklov is also retained below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Chklov",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szkłów",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling retained in French histories of the Commonwealth."
        },
        {
          "name": "Škloŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form quoted in French reference tables."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Shklow is a town in Mahilyow Region on the Dnieper River. Its surviving town hall and former trading arcades recall its history as a river and market centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "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": 688,
  "slug": "shklow"
}