{
  "place_id": "pylva#8225_11503",
  "wikidata": "Q45100",
  "country": "EE",
  "local_name": "Põlva",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Põlva",
      "why": "Official Estonian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pölwe",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly recorded in the English locality history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polva",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Põlva for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polwe",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Pölwe for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Põlva",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Polva",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Põlva for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Põlva is a town in southeastern Estonia and the centre of Põlva County. Its medieval church stands near a lake in the town centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Põlva ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45100 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Põlva.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1655,
  "slug": "polva"
}