{
  "place_id": "lymbazhi#8195_11372",
  "wikidata": "Q166684",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Limbaži",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Limbaži",
      "why": "Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lemsal",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English Baltic references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lemsahl",
          "why": "Variant historical German spelling quoted in English local history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lemsalu",
          "why": "Estonian name explicitly quoted in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Limbaž",
          "why": "Livonian name explicitly quoted in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lemisele",
          "why": "Early Livonian settlement name recorded in English history; historical scope differs from the modern town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Limbazi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Limbaži for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Limbaz",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Limbaž for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Limbaži",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lemsal",
          "why": "German historical name indexed in French naming data; not asserted as a current French exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Limbazi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Limbaži for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Limbaži is a town in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia. Its medieval castle ruins recall its former role as a fortified trading town linked to the Hanseatic world.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbaži ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbaži.",
  "rank": 1450,
  "slug": "limbazi"
}