{
  "place_id": "knuruv#7789_11037",
  "wikidata": "Q276860",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Knurów",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Knurów",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Knurow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling. Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Knurów",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Knurow",
          "why": "Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French. German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Knurów is a town in Silesian Voivodeship near Gliwice. Coal mining is central to its modern development.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The historical German form happens to coincide with the diacritic-free Polish spelling; the two explanations are retained under one string.",
  "rank": 286,
  "slug": "knurow"
}