{
  "place_id": "aleksandruv-lodzkyi#7878_11072",
  "wikidata": "Q664371",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Aleksandrów Łódzki",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Aleksandrów Łódzki",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Aleksandrow Lodzki",
          "why": "Unaccented Polish spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aleksandrów",
          "why": "Short form in a clear Łódź-area context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alexandrow",
          "why": "Historical German spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wirkheim",
          "why": "German occupation-era name from the Second World War."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Aleksandrów Łódzki",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Aleksandrów",
          "why": "Context-dependent shortened name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Alexandrow",
          "why": "Historical German spelling useful in French archival references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wirkheim",
          "why": "German wartime name for matching occupation-period material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Aleksandrow Lodzki",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Aleksandrów Łódzki is a town just north-west of Łódź in central Poland. It grew as a textile settlement and retains a planned town centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The Polish official name uses a space, not a hyphen. Input label 'Александрув-Лодзький' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 453,
  "slug": "aleksandrow-lodzki"
}