{
  "place_id": "bytiv#8009_10972",
  "wikidata": "Q326577",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Bytów",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bytów",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bütow",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English histories of Pomerania."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buetow",
          "why": "Umlaut-expanded form used in English indexes and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Butow",
          "why": "Umlaut-free form of the German historical name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bëtowò",
          "why": "Kashubian name used in English discussions of Kashubian language and culture."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bytow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search spelling of the native name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bytów",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bütow",
          "why": "German historical name used in French accounts of Pomerania."
        },
        {
          "name": "Buetow",
          "why": "Umlaut-expanded historical spelling in French indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Butow",
          "why": "Umlaut-free German spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bëtowò",
          "why": "Kashubian community name quoted in French linguistic and cultural discussions."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bytow",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bytów is a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship in the Kashubian lake district. Its Teutonic castle and local museum reflect the region’s Polish, Kashubian and German history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 594,
  "slug": "bytow"
}