{
  "place_id": "slavhorod#7969_11722",
  "wikidata": "Q614294",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Слаўгарад",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Slawharad",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference form; Russian-based and dated national-system forms are listed separately where different.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Slavgorod",
          "why": "Russian-based English form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slaŭharad",
          "why": "Belarusian geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prapoysk",
          "why": "Former Belarusian name, replaced by Slawharad in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Propoysk",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling of the former name, replaced in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prapojsk",
          "why": "Alternative historical Latin spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prupoy",
          "why": "Medieval recorded name quoted in English historical reference text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Proposhensk",
          "why": "Older recorded form quoted in English historical reference text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Propolsk",
          "why": "Older recorded form quoted in English historical reference text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sławograd",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Слаўгарад",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slawograd",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Sławograd for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Slawharad",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Slavgorod",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slaŭharad",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Propoïsk",
          "why": "Russian-based former name in French historical text; replaced in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prapoïsk",
          "why": "Belarusian-based former name in French historical text; replaced in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prapochask",
          "why": "Older Belarusian name explicitly quoted in French historical text."
        },
        {
          "name": "Slauharad",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Slaŭharad for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Propoisk",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Propoïsk for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prapoisk",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Prapoïsk for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Slawharad is a town near the meeting of the Pronia and Sozh rivers in eastern Belarus. It was formerly called Prapoysk and gives access to the nearby Blue Spring landmark.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Prapoysk/Propoysk renamed Slawharad/Slavgorod in 1945. French Propoïsk, Prapoïsk and Prapochask are independently recorded in French reference text. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slawharad ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slawharad.",
  "rank": 1253,
  "slug": "slawharad"
}