{
  "place_id": "lazyska-hurne#7786_11046",
  "wikidata": "Q345293",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Łaziska Górne",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Łaziska Górne",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ober Lazisk",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English historical writing and archival searches; not the present official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ober-Lazisk",
          "why": "Hyphenated German historical variant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łaziska",
          "why": "Short form in local context, not unique."
        },
        {
          "name": "Laziska Gorne",
          "why": "Plain-text form without native diacritics, useful in English indexes and searches; not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Łaziska Górne",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ober Lazisk",
          "why": "Historical German name relevant to French accounts of Upper Silesia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łaziska",
          "why": "Short form when the local context makes it clear."
        },
        {
          "name": "Laziska Gorne",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Łaziska Górne is an industrial town in Silesian Voivodeship near Mikołów. Coal mining, electricity generation and metallurgy have shaped its modern identity.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The Polish official name uses a space. Input label 'Лазиська-Гурне' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 460,
  "slug": "laziska-gorne"
}