{
  "place_id": "lenchytsia#7892_11066",
  "wikidata": "Q325727",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Łęczyca",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Łęczyca",
      "why": "The official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its Polish spelling; no romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lentschitza",
          "why": "German historical name used in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lentschitz",
          "why": "German historical variant recorded in English and French name inventories."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lintshits",
          "why": "Yiddish name in English Jewish historical writing."
        },
        {
          "name": "Luntshits",
          "why": "Alternative Yiddish romanization in English Jewish reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leczyca",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search and plain-text spelling of the local Latin name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Łęczyca",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lentschitza",
          "why": "German historical name for French accounts of the region."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lentschitz",
          "why": "German historical spelling recorded in French name inventories; distinguish it from the fuller Lentschitza."
        },
        {
          "name": "Leczyca",
          "why": "Same local name without its diacritics, useful in French indexes, URLs and plain-text sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Łęczyca is a historic town in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. Its brick castle recalls its role as a royal centre and the seat of a historical Polish province.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 733,
  "slug": "leczyca"
}