{
  "place_id": "talsi#8180_11254",
  "wikidata": "Q520405",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Talsi",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Talsi",
      "why": "Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Talsen",
          "why": "German historical name quoted in English geographical and historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tālsa",
          "why": "Livonian name explicitly quoted in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "green pearl of Courland",
          "why": "English tourism nickname recorded in references; descriptive, not an official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Talsa",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Tālsa for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Talsi",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Talsen",
          "why": "German historical name indexed in French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tālsa",
          "why": "Livonian name indexed in French reference data."
        },
        {
          "name": "La Perle de la Courlande",
          "why": "French descriptive nickname explicitly quoted in reference text; not an official civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "La ville aux neuf collines et deux lacs",
          "why": "French descriptive nickname explicitly quoted in reference text; not a replacement for Talsi."
        },
        {
          "name": "Talsa",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Tālsa for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Talsi is a town in the Courland region of western Latvia. Its historic centre occupies a hilly landscape around two lakes.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsi ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsi.",
  "rank": 1124,
  "slug": "talsi"
}