{
  "place_id": "sienno#8045_11650",
  "wikidata": "Q954519",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Сянно",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Syanno",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-based forms and dated national-system spellings are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Senno",
          "why": "Russian-based English form from Сенно."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sianno",
          "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": "Sienno",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Сянно",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sianno",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Senno",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Syanno",
          "why": "English international spelling for matching sources quoted in French; independent French prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Syanno is a town in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus. It stands beside Lake Syanno and serves the surrounding lake and farming district.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 labels are dated; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syanno ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sianno ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сєнно_(місто) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сянно.",
  "rank": 1352,
  "slug": "syanno"
}