{
  "place_id": "liiepaia#8139_11167",
  "wikidata": "Q167668",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Liepāja",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Liepāja",
      "why": "Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Libau",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Libava",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, found in older international references and Russian-language source citations; retained as a recognition form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lipawa",
          "why": "Polish name, used when discussing the town in Polish historical or family sources; not the current local official form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liepaja",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лиепая",
          "why": "Russian-language source name in its original Cyrillic script, supplied to recognise quotations and multilingual records; not an English or French spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Liepāja",
      "why": "Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Libau",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Libava",
          "why": "Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lipawa",
          "why": "Nom polonais repris dans les travaux sur les sources historiques ou familiales polonaises ; ce n’est pas la forme officielle locale actuelle."
        },
        {
          "name": "Liepaja",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Лиепая",
          "why": "Nom russe dans son alphabet cyrillique, fourni pour reconnaître les citations et les documents multilingues ; ce n’est pas une graphie anglaise ou française."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Liepāja is a port city on Latvia’s western Baltic coast. Its musical life and the former naval district of Karosta are distinctive parts of its identity.",
  "about_fr": "Liepāja est une ville portuaire de la côte baltique occidentale de la Lettonie. Sa vie musicale et l’ancien quartier naval de Karosta lui donnent une identité particulière.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Libau is common in older English and French accounts of Courland; Libava is Russian-based. Karosta names a district, not the whole city.",
  "rank": 149,
  "slug": "liepaja"
}