{
  "place_id": "kedainiai#8071_11331",
  "wikidata": "Q735138",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Kėdainiai",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kėdainiai",
      "why": "Current Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its native diacritics.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kiejdany",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English accounts of the Commonwealth and the 1655 union."
        },
        {
          "name": "Keidan",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name in English Jewish history and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kedainiai",
          "why": "Unaccented Lithuanian form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kėdainiai",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kiejdany",
          "why": "Polish historical name encountered in French histories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth."
        },
        {
          "name": "Keidan",
          "why": "Historical Jewish name relevant to French genealogical searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kedainiai",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kėdainiai is a town on the Nevėžis in central Lithuania. Its old town reflects the influence of the Radziwiłł family and a history of several religious communities.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Keep the Lithuanian dot on ė in the edited main name. Input label 'Кедайняй' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 427,
  "slug": "kedainiai"
}