{
  "place_id": "zaslavl#8000_11515",
  "wikidata": "Q200917",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Заслаўе",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zaslawye",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zaslaŭje",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zaslaŭe",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin spelling without the linking j, encountered in scholarly and historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zaslavl",
          "why": "Russian-based name widely used in English maps and historical accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zaslavl’",
          "why": "Russian form preserving the final soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zaslavl'",
          "why": "ASCII rendering of the Russian soft sign."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zasław",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English histories of the region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zaslaw",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of the Polish historical name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zaslawie",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zaslavl",
          "why": "Russian-mediated form used alongside Zaslawie in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zaslaŭje",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form quoted in French specialist work; see the English system note."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zasław",
          "why": "Polish historical name relevant to French writing on the region."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zaslawye is a historic town northwest of Minsk near the reservoir on the Svislach River. Earthworks and old churches preserve traces of a much older fortified settlement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Not Iziaslav in Ukraine, historically also called Zaslav. No precise founding date asserted. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 580,
  "slug": "zaslawye"
}