{
  "place_id": "plunhe#8106_11213",
  "wikidata": "Q977255",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Plungė",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Plungė",
      "why": "Lithuanian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Plunge",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Lithuanian spelling used in English indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Płungiany",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English histories and Jewish genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plungiany",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of the Polish historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plungian",
          "why": "Jewish historical spelling common in English-language family-history material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plungyan",
          "why": "Yiddish historical spelling attested in English memorial-book translations alongside Plungian."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Plungė",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Płungiany",
          "why": "Polish historical name relevant to French writing on the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plungiany",
          "why": "Accent-free Polish historical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plungian",
          "why": "Jewish historical form encountered in French memorial and genealogical contexts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plunge",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Plungyan",
          "why": "Yiddish spelling retained as a retrieval form for French memorial research; not a French exonym."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Plungė is a town in the Samogitian region of western Lithuania. The Oginski palace and park are prominent reminders of its aristocratic past.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 572,
  "slug": "plunge"
}