{
  "place_id": "svisloch#7946_11338",
  "wikidata": "Q1076109",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Свіслач",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Svislach",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Svislač",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Śvislač",
          "why": "Alternative Belarusian Latin spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svisloch",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin spelling for matching older or Russian-derived references in English; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Świsłocz",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svislatch",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Свіслач",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svislac",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Śvislač for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Swislocz",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Świsłocz for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Svislatch",
      "why": "French locality reference spelling, following French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Svislotch",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in the French locality reference; French transcription rather than a new official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svisłač",
          "why": "Traditional Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in the French introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Świsłocz",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svislach",
          "why": "International English reference spelling for cross-references in French; prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Svislac",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Svisłač for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Swislocz",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Świsłocz for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Svislach is a small town in western Belarus near the Polish border. It serves as a district centre and has a Jewish heritage largely destroyed during the Holocaust.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076109 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svislach ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svislatch_(ville).",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1594,
  "slug": "svislach"
}