{
  "place_id": "ushachi#8065_11589",
  "wikidata": "Q2987234",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Ушачы",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ushachy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ušačy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ushachi",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Uszacz",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Uszacze",
          "why": "Alternative Polish historical spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ushatchi",
          "why": "Older English transcription with tch for ч, indexed in naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ushatz",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ushach",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ushots",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ushatsh",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ouchatchy",
          "why": "French reference spelling for identifying French sources quoted in English; not claimed as a common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ушачы",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ouchatchy",
      "why": "French locality reference heading; follows French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ouchatchi",
          "why": "Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; retained for older French source matching, not the current preferred heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ušačy",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form explicitly printed in the French introduction, alongside its adapted French heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Uszacz",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling explicitly printed in French locality prose; used when discussing the earlier regional setting."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ushachy",
          "why": "International spelling for French cross-references; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Usacy",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Ušačy for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ushachy is a settlement and district centre in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. The surrounding lake country was an important area of partisan resistance during the Second World War.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "English Ushachy, French Ouchatchy and dated national Ušačy reflect different conventions. Russian-based forms end in i rather than y. National-system references are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushachy ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouchatchy.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1623,
  "slug": "ushachy"
}