{
  "place_id": "kostshyn-nad-odroiu#7921_10814",
  "wikidata": "",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Kostrzyn nad Odrą",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kostrzyn nad Odrą",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kostrzyn",
          "why": "Common shortened Polish name when the Oder location is clear."
        },
        {
          "name": "Küstrin",
          "why": "Historical German name widely used in English military history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kustrin",
          "why": "English spelling omitting the German umlaut."
        },
        {
          "name": "Cüstrin",
          "why": "Older German spelling used in historical documents and English citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Custrin",
          "why": "Unaccented historical spelling used in English accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostrzyn nad Odra",
          "why": "Polish spelling with the final diacritic omitted."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kostrzyn nad Odrą",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Custrin",
          "why": "Traditional French historical spelling, especially in accounts of Prussia and the Napoleonic wars."
        },
        {
          "name": "Küstrin",
          "why": "German historical spelling retained in French histories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kustrin",
          "why": "Umlaut-free form in French indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostrzyn",
          "why": "Short Polish form, used in French where the border-town context is clear."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kostrzyn nad Odra",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kostrzyn nad Odrą is a town at the meeting of the Warta and Oder rivers on Poland’s German border. Its ruined old town preserves the outline of a former fortress city.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Not Kostrzyn near Poznań. The modern German municipality Küstriner Vorland is across the border, not an alternative name for the Polish town. Missing input identifiers remain empty. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 551,
  "slug": "kostrzyn-nad-odra"
}