{
  "place_id": "stovbtsi#7971_11485",
  "wikidata": "Q201421",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Стоўбцы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Stowbtsy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stoŭbcy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stoubtsy",
          "why": "Belarusian-based English variant with ou for ў."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stolbtsy",
          "why": "Russian-based form widely used in English historical and geographical sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stolbcy",
          "why": "Scholarly-style Russian romanization."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stołpce",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English accounts of the interwar frontier."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stolpce",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of the Polish historical name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Stowbtsy",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stolbtsy",
          "why": "Russian-mediated form used in French reference lists alongside Stowbtsy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stołpce",
          "why": "Polish historical form relevant to French writing on interwar Poland."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stolpce",
          "why": "Accent-free rendering of the Polish name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stoŭbcy",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling quoted in French specialist contexts; see the English system note."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Stowbtsy is a town in Minsk Region in Belarus near the Neman River. Its railway station and river-trading history link it with the surrounding agricultural district.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 565,
  "slug": "stowbtsy"
}