{
  "place_id": "smylovychi#7986_11556",
  "wikidata": "Q278100",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Смілавічы",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Smilavichy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-based forms and dated national-system spellings are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Smilovichi",
          "why": "Russian-based English name from Смиловичи."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smilavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that Belarus retained these domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Śmiłowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smilovitz",
          "why": "Jewish-community name quoted in English historical or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smilavitchy",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Смілавічы",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smilowicze",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Śmiłowicze for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Smilavitchy",
      "why": "French reference heading uses tch for ч; Smilovitchi is the Russian-based alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Smilovitchi",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Śmiłavičy",
          "why": "Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly printed in French prose; distinct from national-system Smilavičy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smilavichy",
          "why": "English international spelling for matching sources quoted in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Smilavicy",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Śmiłavičy for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Smilavichy is a settlement southeast of Minsk in Belarus. It is known internationally as the birthplace of the painter Chaïm Soutine.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "French traditional Latin Śmiłavičy differs from the national geographical Smilavičy. Smilovitz belongs to Jewish historical usage; no recent municipal renaming is implied. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilavichy ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilavitchy ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Смиловичі ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Смілавічы.",
  "rank": 1353,
  "slug": "smilavichy"
}