{
  "place_id": "radvylishkis#8100_11308",
  "wikidata": "Q318686",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Radviliškis",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Radviliškis",
      "why": "Lithuanian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Radvilishkis",
          "why": "English phonetic spelling replacing š with sh."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radvilishki",
          "why": "Russian-based historical spelling used in English records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radziwiliszki",
          "why": "Polish historical name in English accounts of the region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radvilishok",
          "why": "Yiddish name documented in English Jewish historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radwilischken",
          "why": "German historical spelling in archival references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radviliskis",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search spelling of the native name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Radviliškis",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Radziwiliszki",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in French regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radvilishok",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval name for French memorial research; French frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radwilischken",
          "why": "German spelling relevant when French bibliographies quote historical documents."
        },
        {
          "name": "Radviliskis",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Radviliškis is a town in northern Lithuania near Šiauliai. Its growth is closely associated with a major railway junction and railway workshops.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 656,
  "slug": "radviliskis"
}