{
  "place_id": "harhzhdai#8094_11188",
  "wikidata": "Q259272",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Gargždai",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Gargždai",
      "why": "Lithuanian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Garsden",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English regional histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gorzhd",
          "why": "Yiddish historical name used in English Jewish memorial writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gorzd",
          "why": "Alternative Yiddish romanization documented in community histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gorsd",
          "why": "Another documented Latin spelling of the Yiddish name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gargzhday",
          "why": "Russian-mediated English spelling used in older geographical records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gargzdai",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search spelling of the native name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Gargždai",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Garsden",
          "why": "German historical name relevant in French histories of the former border region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gorzhd",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval name for French memorial research; no broad French preference is claimed."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gargzdai",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Gargždai is a town in western Lithuania on the Minija River, east of Klaipėda. Its location near the former East Prussian border shaped its trading history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 626,
  "slug": "gargzdai"
}