{
  "place_id": "mazheikiai#8128_11240",
  "wikidata": "Q203675",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Mažeikiai",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mažeikiai",
      "why": "Lithuanian Latin-script name used in English, with native diacritics retained.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mazeiki",
          "why": "Russian-mediated form in older English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Możejki",
          "why": "Polish historical name encountered in regional and Jewish historical sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Muravyovo",
          "why": "Russian imperial railway-era name found in historical accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mazeikiai",
          "why": "Spelling without native diacritics, used in English plain-text indexes and international search; not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mažeikiai",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Możejki",
          "why": "Historical Polish form relevant to French accounts of the region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mazeikiai",
          "why": "French plain-text and search variant without native diacritics; the main form keeps the local spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mažeikiai is a city in north-western Lithuania near the Venta river and the Latvian border. Railway development and the nearby oil refinery have shaped its modern economy.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The oil refinery is near the city, not in its old centre; dates of the imperial name are not asserted. Input label 'Мажейкяй' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form. Less common cross-language forms are for historical or regional text recognition, not recommendations for ordinary modern prose.",
  "rank": 314,
  "slug": "mazeikiai"
}