{
  "place_id": "telshiai#8110_11236",
  "wikidata": "Q2222616",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Telšiai",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Telšiai",
      "why": "Current Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its native diacritics.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Telsiai",
          "why": "Unaccented Lithuanian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telshe",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name used in English Jewish history and in the name of the Telshe yeshiva."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telz",
          "why": "Alternative Jewish historical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telschi",
          "why": "German historical form in Baltic geographical sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telsze",
          "why": "Polish historical designation."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Telšiai",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Telsze",
          "why": "Polish historical name relevant to French accounts of Lithuania."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telschi",
          "why": "German historical name for archival matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telshe",
          "why": "Jewish historical form, especially in French discussions of the yeshiva."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telz",
          "why": "Variant in French Jewish religious and historical contexts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telsiai",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Telšiai is a town beside Lake Mastis in western Lithuania. It is an important cultural centre of Samogitia, with a cathedral overlooking the town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The yeshiva name may refer to successor institutions outside Lithuania. Input label 'Тельшяй' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 445,
  "slug": "telsiai"
}