{
  "place_id": "rezekne#8139_11518",
  "wikidata": "Q180379",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Rēzekne",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rēzekne",
      "why": "Latvian Latin-script name used in English, with native diacritics retained.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rezhitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based historical name used in English imperial and Jewish history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rositten",
          "why": "German historical name encountered in Baltic histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rzeżyca",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in regional histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rēzne",
          "why": "Latgalian name used in accounts of Latgalian language and culture."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rezekne",
          "why": "Spelling without native diacritics, used in English plain-text indexes and international search; not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rēzekne",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rejitsa",
          "why": "Russian-based French historical form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rositten",
          "why": "German historical name in French Baltic history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rzeżyca",
          "why": "Historical Polish name relevant to French accounts of Polish Livonia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rēzne",
          "why": "Latgalian local name in discussions of regional culture."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rezekne",
          "why": "French plain-text and search variant without native diacritics; the main form keeps the local spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rēzekne is a city in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia on the Rēzekne river. It is an important Latgalian cultural centre, with castle ruins on a hill above the town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Latvian Rēzekne and Latgalian Rēzne are living regional forms, not a recent renaming. Input label 'Резекне' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form. Less common cross-language forms are for historical or regional text recognition, not recommendations for ordinary modern prose.",
  "rank": 393,
  "slug": "rezekne"
}