{
  "place_id": "dembytsia#7780_11189",
  "wikidata": "Q947404",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Dębica",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Dębica",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Debica",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dembica",
          "why": "Phonetic rendering of Polish ę as em, found in English historical and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dembitz",
          "why": "Yiddish historical name in Latin transcription, used in English Jewish history and genealogy."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Dębica",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Debica",
          "why": "Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dembica",
          "why": "Phonetic spelling of the Polish nasal vowel, encountered in French historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Dembitz",
          "why": "Jewish historical name in Latin transcription, retained in French family and Holocaust history."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Dębica is a town on the Wisłoka in Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Tyre manufacturing is a prominent part of its industrial economy.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Debica strips the accent; Dembica instead represents the nasal vowel phonetically. These are distinct spelling practices.",
  "rank": 242,
  "slug": "debica"
}