{
  "place_id": "velyka-berestovytsia#7955_11334",
  "wikidata": "Q1460634",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Вялікая Бераставіца",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vialikaja Bierastavica",
      "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; also the English naming-data label. English prose heading uses Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa",
          "why": "Belarusian-based English locality heading using English digraphs rather than the dated national-system spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bolshaya Berestovitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Brzostowica Wielka",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Вялікая Бераставіца",
          "why": "Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vialikaja Bierastavica",
      "why": "Same as in English; French naming data uses this Latin form, without an independently verified French prose preference.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Brzostowica Wielka",
          "why": "Polish historical name for French regional-history source matching; independent French prose use unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vialikaja Bierastavica is a settlement and district centre in Grodno Region, western Belarus. Its history includes ownership by the Chodkiewicz and other magnate families.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Dated national/UN form Vialikaja Bierastavica selected over the English article heading Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa. French naming data has the same Latin form; no separate French prose preference verified. National-system references are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Independent French locality-prose evidence is limited. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyalikaya_Byerastavitsa.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1617,
  "slug": "vialikaja-bierastavica"
}