{
  "place_id": "krynytsia-zdrui#7745_11164",
  "wikidata": "Q259497",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Krynica-Zdrój",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Krynica-Zdrój",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krynica",
          "why": "Former official short name, extended to Krynica-Zdrój in 2002; still used informally."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krynica Górska",
          "why": "Conventional Polish qualifying name used to distinguish the mountain spa from Krynica Morska."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krynica-Zdroj",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Krynica-Zdrój for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krynica Gorska",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Krynica Górska for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Krynica-Zdrój",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Krynica",
          "why": "Short name used in French spa and cultural references; modern official form is Krynica-Zdrój."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krynica-Zdroj",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Krynica-Zdrój for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Krynica-Zdrój is a spa town in the Beskid Sądecki mountains of southern Poland. It is associated with mineral-water treatments and the self-taught painter Nikifor.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Official qualifier Zdrój added in 2002. Krynica remains a familiar short form; do not confuse the mountain spa with Krynica Morska on the Baltic. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krynica-Zdrój ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krynica-Zdrój.",
  "rank": 1030,
  "slug": "krynica-zdroj"
}