{
  "place_id": "paide#8271_11420",
  "wikidata": "Q45114",
  "country": "EE",
  "local_name": "Paide",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Paide",
      "why": "Official Estonian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Weißenstein",
          "why": "German historical name used in English Baltic history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Weissenstein",
          "why": "German spelling with ss for ß; frequent in English historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wittenstein",
          "why": "Low German historical form recorded in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wittensten",
          "why": "Low German spelling variant recorded in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Albus Lapis",
          "why": "Medieval Latin name recorded in English references; not a new English translation."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Paide",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Weißenstein",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly quoted in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Weissenstein",
          "why": "German ss spelling useful in French historical citations."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Paide is a town in central Estonia and the administrative centre of Järva County. Its medieval castle site is marked by a restored tower on the limestone hill that gave the town its Estonian name.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Paide is the Estonian town; its castle’s tower name Tall Hermann is not a synonym for the entire town. French Païde occurs as a pronunciation aid in one reference, not as a demonstrated civic spelling. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paide ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paide.",
  "rank": 1197,
  "slug": "paide"
}