{
  "place_id": "livany#8130_11454",
  "wikidata": "Q849156",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Līvāni",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Līvāni",
      "why": "Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lievenhof",
          "why": "German historical name recorded in English Baltic references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leivuons",
          "why": "Latgalian name explicitly given in the English locality reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lyvanai",
          "why": "Lithuanian name indexed in English naming data; independent English prose use is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Livani",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Līvāni for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Līvāni",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lievenhof",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in the French account of the settlement’s origins."
        },
        {
          "name": "Limehnen",
          "why": "Historical spelling quoted in the French locality reference; independent modern prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Libenen",
          "why": "Historical spelling quoted in the French locality reference; independent modern prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Livenen",
          "why": "Historical spelling quoted in the French locality reference; independent modern prose use unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Livani",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Līvāni for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Līvāni is a town where the Dubna joins the Daugava in eastern Latvia. Glassmaking and other industries helped shape its development alongside the Riga–Daugavpils railway.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Līvāni ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Līvāni.",
  "rank": 1402,
  "slug": "livani"
}