{
  "place_id": "krotoshyn#7872_10968",
  "wikidata": "Q984538",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Krotoszyn",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Krotoszyn",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krotoschin",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English historical and genealogical writing; not the current Polish name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Krotoszyn",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krotoschin",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town; not the ordinary present-day French name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Krotoszyn is a town in southern Greater Poland. Its historic market square and former palace stand in a town with both agricultural-service and industrial functions.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label 'Кротошин' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 357,
  "slug": "krotoszyn"
}