{
  "place_id": "avgustiv#7991_11275",
  "wikidata": "Q464763",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Augustów",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Augustów",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Augustowo",
          "why": "Historical variant encountered in older English maps."
        },
        {
          "name": "Avgustov",
          "why": "Russian-based historical rendering."
        },
        {
          "name": "Augustow",
          "why": "Spelling without native diacritics, used in English plain-text indexes and international search; not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Augustów",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Augustowo",
          "why": "Older form encountered in French geographical and military writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Augustow",
          "why": "French plain-letter spelling without the Polish acute accent."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Augustów is a town in Podlaskie Voivodeship amid the lakes and forests of north-eastern Poland. The Augustów Canal is a defining part of its landscape and history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label 'Авґустів' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 347,
  "slug": "augustow"
}