{
  "place_id": "zhabynka#7900_11334",
  "wikidata": "Q520162",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Жабінка",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zhabinka",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Žabinka",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Żabinka",
          "why": "Polish historical spelling used in regional records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Jabinka",
          "why": "French and some older international rendering of the same name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Жабінка",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jabinka",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Żabinka",
          "why": "Polish historical name retained in French accounts of the interwar borderlands."
        },
        {
          "name": "Žabinka",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin form in French reference tables."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zhabinka",
          "why": "English-style international spelling retained in French source citations."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zhabinka is a town in Brest Region on the Mukhavets River. Its development is closely linked to its railway junction and sugar industry.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling. The dated 2007/UN 2012 geographical system is distinguished from Belarus’s replacement domestic rules of 2023.",
  "rank": 696,
  "slug": "zhabinka"
}