{
  "place_id": "bilsk-pidliaskyi#7931_11288",
  "wikidata": "Q850714",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Bielsk Podlaski",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bielsk Podlaski",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bielsk",
          "why": "Short form in a clear regional context, ambiguous with other settlements."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bielsk Podlaski",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bielsk",
          "why": "Context-dependent short form used in French historical writing."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bielsk Podlaski is a town in Podlaskie Voivodeship, south of Białystok. Catholic and Orthodox churches reflect its position in a region with Polish and Belarusian cultural traditions.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The official Polish name has a space rather than a hyphen. Input label 'Більськ-Підляський' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 409,
  "slug": "bielsk-podlaski"
}