{
  "place_id": "olaine#8154_11329",
  "wikidata": "Q249715",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Olaine",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Olaine",
      "why": "Current official Latvian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Olai",
          "why": "German historical name connected with the older church and railway locality; historical uses do not always describe the footprint of the modern industrial town."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Olaine",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Olai",
          "why": "German historical locality name for French Baltic-history retrieval; not all older references describe the modern town."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Olaine is a town southwest of Riga in Latvia. Its modern growth is associated with chemical and pharmaceutical industries.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Olai is associated with the older church/railway locality near Jaunolaine. The modern industrial town is not interchangeable with every historical use of that name. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaine ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaine.",
  "rank": 1015,
  "slug": "olaine"
}