{
  "place_id": "shylute#8075_11193",
  "wikidata": "Q391626",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Šilutė",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Šilutė",
      "why": "Lithuanian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Heydekrug",
          "why": "Historical German name, used in English histories of East Prussia and the Memel Territory."
        },
        {
          "name": "Shilute",
          "why": "English phonetic rendering of the Lithuanian name; less precise than the native spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Silute",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search spelling of the native name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Šilutė",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Heydekrug",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French accounts of East Prussia and the Memel Territory."
        },
        {
          "name": "Silute",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Šilutė is a town in western Lithuania near the Nemunas delta. Its mixed Lithuanian and German heritage is reflected in the former manor of Hugo Scheu and the surrounding architecture.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 611,
  "slug": "silute"
}