{
  "place_id": "khoinytsi#7983_10975",
  "wikidata": "Q740241",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Chojnice",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Chojnice",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Konitz",
          "why": "Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chònice",
          "why": "Kashubian form, relevant in English discussions of the Kashubian-speaking region."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Chojnice",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Konitz",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chònice",
          "why": "Kashubian name cited in French discussions of the local language and regional identity."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Chojnice is a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. Its medieval gates and walls stand near the lake and forest country of the Tuchola Forest.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 263,
  "slug": "chojnice"
}