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# Hantsavichy

A settlement in Belarus; local name Ганцавічы.

## English name

**Hantsavichy** — Belarusian-based English form used in English geographical reference material; Russian-based names remain alternative search forms.

Other forms in use:

- **Gantsevichi** — Russian-based English name, given alongside Hantsavichy in English reference material.
- **Hancavičy** — Belarusian national system of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; Belarusian domestic rules changed in 2023.
- **Gantsevitchi** — French transcription of Russian Ганцевичи.
- **Hancewicze** — Polish historical name used in English regional history.
- **Gancavìčy** — ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Belarusian name; standard-derived bibliographic retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual occurrence.
- **Ганцавічы** — Belarusian original-script name, useful in English quotations of local sources.

## French name

**Hantsavitchy** — French reference spelling, using tch for the affricate written ch in English. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.

Other forms in use:

- **Gantsevichi** — Russian-based international search form; French usually writes Gantsevitchi.
- **Hancavičy** — Belarusian Latin form explicitly given in the French entry; French running text uses Hantsavitchy.
- **Gantsevitchi** — Russian-based alternative explicitly given in French reference material.
- **Hancewicze** — Polish historical name explicitly given in the French entry.

## About

Hantsavichy is a district town in the Brest region of southern Belarus. It lies in Polesia and developed as a railway settlement.

## Notes

The input uses Ukrainian Ганцевичі. Local Belarusian is Ганцавічы; do not copy the unrelated Драгічын printed in one French reference page. Hancavičy is the 2007 national/UN 2012 form, subject to the later Belarusian policy change.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q956470](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956470) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/hantsavichy/?format=json)


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