{
  "place_id": "vyru#8213_11499",
  "wikidata": "Q205271",
  "country": "EE",
  "local_name": "Võru",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Võru",
      "why": "Current official Estonian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Werro",
          "why": "Historical German name, used in English accounts of the Baltic provinces."
        },
        {
          "name": "Võro",
          "why": "Local Võro-language name, used when discussing the town and its regional culture."
        },
        {
          "name": "Voru",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võru for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Voro",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võro for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Võru",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Werro",
          "why": "German historical name used in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Võro",
          "why": "Võro-language name quoted when French sources discuss regional culture."
        },
        {
          "name": "Voru",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võru for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Voro",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võro for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Võru is a town beside Lake Tamula in southeastern Estonia. It is a centre of Võro language and culture, and the writer Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald worked there on the national epic Kalevipoeg.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 817,
  "slug": "voru"
}