Smalyavichy
A settlement in Belarus; local name Смалявічы.
English name
Smalyavichy — English rendering from Belarusian, chosen alongside the Russian-based and national-system forms supplied below.
Other forms in use:
- Smaliavichy — Belarusian-based English variant with ia.
- Smalavičy — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, UN-endorsed in 2012 and superseded domestically in 2023.
- Smolevichi — Russian-based English spelling.
- Smolevichy — Alternative English spelling of the Russian-based name.
- Smolewicze — Polish historical name used in English regional history and genealogy.
- Смолевичи — Russian original-script name.
- Смалявічы — Belarusian original-script name, supplied for quotations and bilingual source matching.
French name
Smaliavitchy — French geographical form with tch, documented in French reference writing and in the name of the local football club.
Other forms in use:
- Smolievitchy — Russian-based French alternative documented alongside Smaliavitchy.
- Smolevitchi — French Russian-based spelling also used for the football club.
- Smalavičy — Local Latin-script form quoted in French reference works.
- Smolewicze — Polish historical name relevant to French histories of the region; not a French phonetic transcription.
About
Smalyavichy is a town in Minsk Region, north-east of the Belarusian capital. Its position on the railway towards Orsha helped shape its growth as a satellite town.
Notes
French forms and satellite-town identity: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaliavitchy . Input label 'Смолевичі' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q201265 · JSON
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