{
  "place_id": "hniezno#7918_10977",
  "wikidata": "Q51432",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Gniezno",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Gniezno",
      "why": "Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gnesen",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gnesne",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gnesna",
          "why": "Historical Latin name used in scholarly or early printed sources, not a current everyday name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Gniezno",
      "why": "Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gnesen",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gnesne",
          "why": "Transcription française employée dans les textes francophones, conservée à côté de la forme principale retenue."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gnesna",
          "why": "Nom latin historique employé dans les travaux savants ou les imprimés anciens, sans usage courant actuel."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Gniezno is a historic city in Greater Poland, east of Poznań. Its cathedral and the cult of Saint Adalbert connect it with the early Polish state.",
  "about_fr": "Gniezno est une ville historique de Grande-Pologne, à l’est de Poznań. Sa cathédrale et le culte de saint Adalbert la relient aux débuts de l’État polonais.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Gnesne is an older French exonym; Gniezno is preferred in contemporary French. Gnesen remains familiar in histories of Prussia and medieval Poland.",
  "rank": 152,
  "slug": "gniezno"
}