{
  "place_id": "tseshyn#7763_11035",
  "wikidata": "Q321197",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Cieszyn",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Cieszyn",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Teschen",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English accounts of the duchy and the border dispute."
        },
        {
          "name": "Těšín",
          "why": "Czech name of the historic town; in modern usage distinguish Český Těšín across the border."
        },
        {
          "name": "Teshin",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived romanization used in English Jewish histories of the historic town; distinguish the two modern municipalities."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Cieszyn",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Teschen",
          "why": "Traditional historical name in French accounts of the duchy and the Treaty of Teschen."
        },
        {
          "name": "Těšín",
          "why": "Czech historical designation encountered in French Central European history."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Cieszyn is a Polish town on the Olza at the Czech border. It shares a historic urban centre with Český Těšín across the river, and its castle hill preserves a Romanesque rotunda.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Cieszyn and Český Těšín are separate present-day municipalities. Input label 'Цешин' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 305,
  "slug": "cieszyn"
}