{
  "place_id": "rokyshkis#8109_11421",
  "wikidata": "Q1693963",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Rokiškis",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rokiškis",
      "why": "Current official Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rakiszki",
          "why": "Polish historical name found in English histories and Jewish genealogical sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rokishki",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived spelling used in Jewish historical or genealogical references; not the modern civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rakishki",
          "why": "Historical Russian/Yiddish-mediated English spelling; not the present Lithuanian official form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rokiskis",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Rokiškis for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rokiškis",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rakiszki",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rokiskis",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Rokiškis for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rokiškis is a town in northeastern Lithuania near the Latvian border. Its manor museum and large neo-Gothic Church of St Matthew face one another across the historic town centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 847,
  "slug": "rokiskis"
}