{
  "place_id": "hnev#7990_11046",
  "wikidata": "Q305067",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Gniew",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Gniew",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mewe",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English regional history; not the present Polish civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gniéw",
          "why": "Kashubian local name explicitly quoted in French geographical references; useful for source matching in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Gniew",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mewe",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly recorded in the French locality reference; used for the town’s earlier history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gniéw",
          "why": "Kashubian name explicitly quoted in the French introduction."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gméw",
          "why": "Alternative Kashubian spelling indexed in French naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gmew",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Gméw for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Gniew is a town on the left bank of the Vistula in northern Poland. Its large brick Gothic castle is a prominent monument from the period of the Teutonic Order.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gniew ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gniew.",
  "rank": 1474,
  "slug": "gniew"
}