{
  "place_id": "kelerash#7625_11572",
  "wikidata": "Q1014367",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Călărași",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Călărași",
      "why": "Current official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Călăraşi",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian typography with cedilla ş rather than comma-below ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kalarash",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling used in historical and geographical references; not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Calarasi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free international spelling; ambiguous with Călărași in Romania."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Călărași",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Călăraşi",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian cedilla typography also encountered in French sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Calarasi",
          "why": "Diacritic-free spelling for French indexing; ambiguous with the Romanian town."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Călărași is a town in central Moldova, northwest of Chișinău. It is a district centre in a region known for vineyards and wine production.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is Călărași in Moldova, not the larger Romanian city. Romanian comma-below and legacy cedilla typography are indexed separately. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Călărași,_Moldova ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Călărași_(Moldavie).",
  "rank": 1038,
  "slug": "calarasi"
}