{
  "place_id": "stolyn#7882_11491",
  "wikidata": "Q956565",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Столін",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Stolin",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English form used in English geographical reference material; Russian-based names remain alternative search forms. The Belarusian national system of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012, gives the same string; domestic rules changed in 2023.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stoline",
          "why": "French spelling with final e, used to preserve the consonantal ending."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stolìn",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Belarusian name; standard-derived bibliographic retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Столін",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, useful in English quotations of local sources."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Stoline",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using a final e after the pronounced n. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Stolin is a district town in the Polesia region of southern Belarus, near the Ukrainian border. It lies near the Horyn River and has a significant Jewish religious history, reflected in the name of the Karlin-Stolin Hasidic tradition.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 715,
  "slug": "stolin"
}