{
  "place_id": "raseiniai#8075_11284",
  "wikidata": "Q658562",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Raseiniai",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Raseiniai",
      "why": "Current official Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rosienie",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rossieny",
          "why": "Russian-based historical form used in English accounts of the region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rasein",
          "why": "German historical spelling used in English military history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Raseinē",
          "why": "Samogitian regional name, quoted in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Raseine",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Raseinē for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Raseiniai",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rosienie",
          "why": "Polish historical name relevant to French regional histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rossieny",
          "why": "Russian-derived historical form used in older French references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rasein",
          "why": "German historical spelling for French military-history retrieval."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Raseiniai is a district town in western Lithuania, in the historic Samogitia region. It gave its name to a major tank battle during the German invasion of the Soviet Union.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raseiniai ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raseiniai.",
  "rank": 999,
  "slug": "raseiniai"
}