{
  "place_id": "shakiai#8053_11280",
  "wikidata": "Q390969",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Šakiai",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Šakiai",
      "why": "Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Szaki",
          "why": "Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schaken",
          "why": "German historical name used in Baltic references; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schaki",
          "why": "German historical spelling indexed in German naming data; English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sakiai",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Šakiai for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Šakiai",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sakiai",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Šakiai for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Šakiai is a town in southwestern Lithuania and a centre of the Suvalkija region. It serves as the seat of the surrounding district municipality.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390969 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Šakiai ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Šakiai.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1667,
  "slug": "sakiai"
}