{
  "place_id": "holdap#8017_11239",
  "wikidata": "Q947414",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Gołdap",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Gołdap",
      "why": "The official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its Polish spelling; no romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Goldap",
          "why": "German historical name and diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name. Diacritic-free search and plain-text spelling of the local Latin name; not a separate official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Goldapp",
          "why": "German historical variant quoted in the English reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Geldupė",
          "why": "Lithuanian name quoted in the English reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Geldapė",
          "why": "Lithuanian variant quoted in the English reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Galdapė",
          "why": "Lithuanian variant quoted in the English reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Galdape",
          "why": "Old Prussian historical form printed in French reference material."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Gołdap",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Goldap",
          "why": "German historical form explicitly given in the French entry; also Polish without ł. Same local name without its diacritics, useful in French indexes, URLs and plain-text sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Galdape",
          "why": "Old Prussian name explicitly identified in the French entry; not a present-day French exonym."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Gołdap is a spa town in northeastern Poland, near the border with Russia's Kaliningrad region. It lies beside a lake and the Gołdapa River, near the Romincka Forest.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 743,
  "slug": "goldap"
}