{
  "place_id": "vylkavyshkis#8037_11279",
  "wikidata": "Q852272",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Vilkaviškis",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Vilkaviškis",
      "why": "Current official Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vilkavishkis",
          "why": "English phonetic rendering using sh for š; not the official Lithuanian spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wyłkowyszki",
          "why": "Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wilkowyszki",
          "why": "Historical spelling without ł, recorded in English name lists."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wilkowischken",
          "why": "German historical name used in English Baltic history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkovishk",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name used in Jewish historical and genealogical references; not the modern civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkaviskis",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Vilkaviškis for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wylkowyszki",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Wyłkowyszki for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Vilkaviškis",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wyłkowyszki",
          "why": "Polish historical name useful in French regional or Jewish-history references; not a separate French exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wilkowischken",
          "why": "German historical name used for French Baltic-history retrieval; French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkovishk",
          "why": "Jewish historical name for retrieval in French-language sources; exact frequency in French prose is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Vilkaviskis",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Vilkaviškis for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wylkowyszki",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Wyłkowyszki for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Vilkaviškis is a town at the meeting of the Šeimena and Vilkauja rivers in southwestern Lithuania. It is a district centre with a prominent Catholic cathedral.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilkaviškis ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilkaviškis.",
  "rank": 942,
  "slug": "vilkaviskis"
}