{
  "place_id": "yaroslav#7778_11259",
  "wikidata": "Q721928",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Jarosław",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Jarosław",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Jaroslaw",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Yaroslav",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based historical-language form used in English studies of Galicia; not the current Polish official spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iaroslav",
          "why": "Older Latin rendering found in foreign-language histories; ambiguous without the Polish location."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Jarosław",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Jaroslaw",
          "why": "Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Iaroslav",
          "why": "Older French historical rendering; the current Polish spelling Jarosław is preferred for the modern town."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Jarosław is a town above the San in Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Its merchant houses and churches reflect its former importance as a trading and fair centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Distinct from Yaroslavl in Russia. The source gives the Ukrainian name Ярослав, whereas the local official name is Polish Jarosław.",
  "rank": 289,
  "slug": "jaroslaw"
}