{
  "place_id": "ukmerge#8069_11375",
  "wikidata": "Q213127",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Ukmergė",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ukmergė",
      "why": "Current Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its native diacritics.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wilkomir",
          "why": "Polish historical name well established in English regional and Jewish history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkomir",
          "why": "Russian-based historical English name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkomer",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkmergė",
          "why": "Older Lithuanian form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ukmerge",
          "why": "Plain-text form without native diacritics, useful in English indexes and searches; not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ukmergė",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wilkomir",
          "why": "Polish historical name in French accounts of Lithuania."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkomir",
          "why": "Russian-mediated French historical form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkmergė",
          "why": "Older Lithuanian name relevant to historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ukmerge",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ukmergė is a town on the Šventoji river in central Lithuania. Its hillfort and old town recall a long history as a regional trading centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Keep the dot on ė in the edited Lithuanian name. Input label 'Укмерґе' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 477,
  "slug": "ukmerge"
}