{
  "place_id": "kostsezhyna#8006_10998",
  "wikidata": "Q935784",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Kościerzyna",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kościerzyna",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Berent",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English historical writing and archival searches; not the present official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kòscérzëna",
          "why": "Kashubian local name, used in English discussions of Kashubian culture and language."
        },
        {
          "name": "Koscierzyna",
          "why": "Plain-text form without native diacritics, useful in English indexes and searches; not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kościerzyna",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Berent",
          "why": "Historical German name used when identifying the town in French accounts of West Prussia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kòscérzëna",
          "why": "Kashubian-language form relevant to French discussions of the region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Koscierzyna",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kościerzyna is a town in the Kashubian lake district of Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its railway museum and regional collections reflect the area’s transport and Kashubian heritage.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Kashubian is a living regional language, not a former administrative regime. Input label 'Косьцежина' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 423,
  "slug": "koscierzyna"
}