{
  "place_id": "uzda#7970_11512",
  "wikidata": "Q201429",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Узда",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Uzda",
      "why": "Conventional Belarusian-based English form; the 2007 national geographical romanization is listed separately where it differs.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Uzde",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name used in Jewish historical and genealogical references; not the modern civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ouzda",
          "why": "French-language name, relevant when an English text quotes a French source title or historical reference; not the selected English main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Узда",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for matching local source titles and addresses cited in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ouzda",
      "why": "French reference form with ou; international Uzda appears in Latin-script quotations.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Uzda",
          "why": "International spelling quoted in French Latin-script and source-title contexts; Ouzda follows French ou."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Uzda is a district town southwest of Minsk in central Belarus. Its history as a small market town is reflected in its surviving religious buildings and memories of its former Jewish community.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The Belarusian 2007 geographical system is identified by date; no claim that it remains the unchanged domestic standard after 2023. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzda ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouzda.",
  "rank": 925,
  "slug": "uzda"
}