{
  "place_id": "kaishiadorys#8047_11358",
  "wikidata": "Q614855",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Kaišiadorys",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kaišiadorys",
      "why": "Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Koszedary",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English Lithuanian history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Koshedar",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kashedar",
          "why": "Alternative Jewish-community spelling indexed in English reference data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kaisiadorys",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kaišiadorys for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kaišiadorys",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Koshedary",
          "why": "Russian-derived name explicitly indexed in French naming data; not the modern Lithuanian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kaisiadorys",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Kaišiadorys for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kaišiadorys is a town between Vilnius and Kaunas in Lithuania. It developed as a railway junction and is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaišiadorys ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaišiadorys.",
  "rank": 1132,
  "slug": "kaisiadorys"
}