{
  "place_id": "teleneshty#7638_11575",
  "wikidata": "Q647051",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Telenești",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Telenești",
      "why": "Official Romanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Teleneşti",
          "why": "Legacy Romanian typography using cedilla ş rather than comma-below ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Teleneshty",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling for matching older English geographical references; independent prose frequency unverified. Not a separate official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telenesht",
          "why": "Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Teleneszty",
          "why": "Polish-style historical spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telenesht'-Tyrg",
          "why": "Historical qualified town/market spelling in English naming data; distinguishes the town from a village component."
        },
        {
          "name": "Teleneşti Târg",
          "why": "Romanian qualified market-town spelling indexed in English naming data; historical scope matters."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telenesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Telenești for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telenesti Targ",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Teleneşti Târg for English indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Telenești",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Teleneşti",
          "why": "Legacy cedilla typography recorded in French naming data; modern Romanian and French heading use ș."
        },
        {
          "name": "Telenesti",
          "why": "Diacritic-free form of Telenești for French indexing; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Telenești is a town in central Moldova and the centre of the district of the same name. It lies north of Chișinău and had a substantial Jewish community before the Second World War.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telenești ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telenești.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1600,
  "slug": "telenesti"
}