{
  "place_id": "pasvalis#8114_11355",
  "wikidata": "Q945484",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Pasvalys",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pasvalys",
      "why": "Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Poswol",
          "why": "Historical German spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Posvol",
          "why": "Russian-based or Jewish historical Latin form indexed in English naming data; precise linguistic attribution is uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pozwoł",
          "why": "Polish historical name confirmed by Polish naming data; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pozwol",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Pozwoł for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pasvalys",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pasvalys is a town at the meeting of the Svalia and Lėvuo rivers in northern Lithuania. It is associated with mineral springs and the region's farmhouse brewing tradition.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasvalys ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasvalys.",
  "rank": 1449,
  "slug": "pasvalys"
}