{
  "place_id": "smolevychi#8001_11560",
  "wikidata": "Q201265",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Смалявічы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Smalyavichy",
      "why": "English rendering from Belarusian, chosen alongside the Russian-based and national-system forms supplied below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Smaliavichy",
          "why": "Belarusian-based English variant with ia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smalavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, UN-endorsed in 2012 and superseded domestically in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smolevichi",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smolevichy",
          "why": "Alternative English spelling of the Russian-based name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smolewicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English regional history and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Смолевичи",
          "why": "Russian original-script name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Смалявічы",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, supplied for quotations and bilingual source matching."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Smaliavitchy",
      "why": "French geographical form with tch, documented in French reference writing and in the name of the local football club.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Smolievitchy",
          "why": "Russian-based French alternative documented alongside Smaliavitchy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smolevitchi",
          "why": "French Russian-based spelling also used for the football club."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smalavičy",
          "why": "Local Latin-script form quoted in French reference works."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smolewicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name relevant to French histories of the region; not a French phonetic transcription."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "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.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "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.",
  "rank": 412,
  "slug": "smalyavichy"
}