{
  "place_id": "tsesis#8184_11404",
  "wikidata": "Q107582",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Cēsis",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Cēsis",
      "why": "Latvian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wenden",
          "why": "Historical German name widely used in English accounts of Livonia and its battles."
        },
        {
          "name": "Venden",
          "why": "Historical Russian and Yiddish-mediated name used in English community records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kieś",
          "why": "Polish historical name in English accounts of Livonia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kies",
          "why": "Diacritic-free version of the Polish name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tsesis",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling used in Soviet-era references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Võnnu",
          "why": "Estonian name used in English accounts of the Estonian role in the 1919 battle; not the separate Estonian settlement of Võnnu."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cesis",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search spelling of the native name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Cēsis",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wenden",
          "why": "Historical name used in French accounts of Livonia and the Livonian Order."
        },
        {
          "name": "Venden",
          "why": "Russian-mediated historical spelling in older French sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kieś",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in French scholarship."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tsesis",
          "why": "International Russian-based spelling in French source citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cesis",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Cēsis is a town in Latvia’s Vidzeme region near the Gauja valley. Its medieval castle was an important seat of the Livonian Order, and the old centre remains a major heritage attraction.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Estonian Võnnu can identify this Latvian town in battle histories but also names a separate place in Estonia. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 663,
  "slug": "cesis"
}