{
  "place_id": "trakai#8035_11385",
  "wikidata": "Q191015",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Trakai",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Trakai",
      "why": "Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Troki",
          "why": "Polish historical and community name extensively used in historical accounts of Lithuania."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tracken",
          "why": "Medieval German documentary spelling quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Traken",
          "why": "Historical German spelling quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Trok",
          "why": "Yiddish name explicitly quoted in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Troky",
          "why": "Historical Latin spelling printed in the English reference; precise source-language attribution uncertain."
        },
        {
          "name": "Traki",
          "why": "Alternative Latin spelling printed in the English reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Naujieji Trakai",
          "why": "Lithuanian expanded name meaning New Trakai; distinguishes this town from Senieji Trakai."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Trakai",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Troki",
          "why": "Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Trakaï",
          "why": "French adapted spelling indexed in French naming data; ï marks the final vowel sequence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Petit Marienbourg",
          "why": "French descriptive nickname quoted in the locality reference for the castle town; not an official civic name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Trakai is a historic town among lakes west of Vilnius in Lithuania. Its island castle and Karaim heritage make it one of the country's best-known cultural destinations.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Trakai is the lake town with the island castle; Senieji Trakai is a distinct earlier settlement. Historical capital claims are not transferred indiscriminately between the two. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trakai ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trakai.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1549,
  "slug": "trakai"
}