{
  "place_id": "zhytkovychi#7900_11547",
  "wikidata": "Q955564",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Жыткавічы",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zhytkavichy",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Žytkavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zhitkovichi",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling in English maps and records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Żytkowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical name in accounts of Polesia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zytkowicze",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Polish historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Жыткавічы",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, retained in quoted addresses and source titles; not a separate English exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jytkavitchy",
      "why": "French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Jitkovitchi",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French spelling in older geography."
        },
        {
          "name": "Żytkowicze",
          "why": "Polish historical form retained in French accounts of Polesia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Žytkavičy",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin name in French geographical reference tables."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zhytkavichy is a town in Homiel Region in southern Belarus. It is a railway centre in Polesia, near the wetland landscapes of the Pripyat basin.",
  "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": 641,
  "slug": "zhytkavichy"
}