{
  "place_id": "karchev#7893_11180",
  "wikidata": "Q991950",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Karczew",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Karczew",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kartshev",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name used in English Jewish historical and genealogical references."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Karczew",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kartshev",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived form in English-language Jewish indexes; useful for French research, with French prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Karczew is a town southeast of Warsaw in Poland's Masovian region. It lies near the Vistula and retains a historic parish church in its old centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karczew ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karczew_(ville).",
  "rank": 1018,
  "slug": "karczew"
}