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# Zaslawye

A settlement in Belarus; local name Заслаўе.

## English name

**Zaslawye** — Belarusian-based English geographical spelling, preferred here to the Russian-mediated form.

Other forms in use:

- **Zaslaŭje** — Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012.
- **Zaslaŭe** — Belarusian Latin spelling without the linking j, encountered in scholarly and historical references.
- **Zaslavl** — Russian-based name widely used in English maps and historical accounts.
- **Zaslavl’** — Russian form preserving the final soft sign.
- **Zaslavl'** — ASCII rendering of the Russian soft sign.
- **Zasław** — Polish historical name used in English histories of the region.
- **Zaslaw** — Diacritic-free form of the Polish historical name.

## French name

**Zaslawie** — French reference spelling, adapted to French transcription conventions; usage is not uniform across publishers.

Other forms in use:

- **Zaslavl** — Russian-mediated form used alongside Zaslawie in French geographical references.
- **Zaslaŭje** — Belarusian Latin form quoted in French specialist work; see the English system note.
- **Zasław** — Polish historical name relevant to French writing on the region.

## About

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.

## 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.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q200917](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200917) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/zaslawye/?format=json)


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