{
  "place_id": "aluksne#8190_11502",
  "wikidata": "Q291333",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Alūksne",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Alūksne",
      "why": "Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Marienburg",
          "why": "German historical name used in Baltic history; not the other places with this name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aluliina",
          "why": "Estonian historical name indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Olysta",
          "why": "Older Russian-derived name explicitly quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aluksne",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Alūksne for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Alūksne",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Marienburg",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly printed in French locality history; not the current French heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aluliina",
          "why": "French naming-data alias; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Olysta",
          "why": "Historical name explicitly printed in French locality history; not a current French exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alyst",
          "why": "Historical name variant explicitly printed in French locality history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volyst",
          "why": "Historical name variant explicitly printed in French locality history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aluksne",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Alūksne for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Alūksne is a town beside Lake Alūksne in northeastern Latvia. Its island castle ruins and association with the Bible translator Ernst Glück are important parts of its heritage.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alūksne ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alūksne.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1506,
  "slug": "aluksne"
}