{
  "place_id": "kraslava#8105_11509",
  "wikidata": "Q638592",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Krāslava",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Krāslava",
      "why": "Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krasław",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kreslau",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English Baltic references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kruoslova",
          "why": "Latgalian local name explicitly recorded in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kreslavl",
          "why": "Russian historical form from Креславль; for historical-source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kraslava",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Krāslava for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kraslaw",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Krasław for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Krāslava",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kreslau",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in the French locality reference, rather than a current French civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Craslau",
          "why": "Older French exonym, also retained in captions by the French defence ministry’s photographic archive; the modern French reference heading uses Krāslava."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kraslava",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling explicitly printed in the French introduction; also the diacritic-free Latvian form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kraslavka",
          "why": "Russian historical variant explicitly printed in the French introduction."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Krāslava is a town on the Daugava River in southeastern Latvia. Its palace and Catholic church reflect the influence of the Plater family on the history of Latgale.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Older French Craslau is independently attested by the French defence ministry archive, not merely inferred from German Kreslau. https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/en-lettonie-la-mise-en-place-de-diverses-defenses-par-une-unite-de-dca-flak-et-de-fantassins-de-la-wehrmacht.html Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krāslava ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krāslava ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Краслава ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Краслава.",
  "rank": 1388,
  "slug": "kraslava"
}