{
  "place_id": "druskininkai#8001_11331",
  "wikidata": "Q1261509",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Druskininkai",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Druskininkai",
      "why": "The Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English; no romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Druskieniki",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Druzgenik",
          "why": "Yiddish name romanized in English Jewish historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Druscheninken",
          "why": "German historical name quoted in the English reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Druscheniken",
          "why": "German historical spelling printed in French reference material."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Druskininkai",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Druskieniki",
          "why": "Polish name explicitly identified in the French entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Druscheninken",
          "why": "German historical spelling for French bibliographical searches; the French entry prints Druscheniken instead."
        },
        {
          "name": "Druscheniken",
          "why": "German name as printed in the French entry; do not silently replace it with the variant Druscheninken."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Druskininkai is a spa town on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, near the borders with Belarus and Poland. Mineral springs and its connections with the artist and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis are central to its identity.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 757,
  "slug": "druskininkai"
}