{
  "place_id": "lehnytsia#7845_10897",
  "wikidata": "Q106274",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Legnica",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Legnica",
      "why": "Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Liegnitz",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lignitz",
          "why": "French transcription used in French-language accounts; retained alongside the selected main form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lignitium",
          "why": "Historical Latin name used in scholarly or early printed sources, not a current everyday name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Legnica",
      "why": "Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Liegnitz",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lignitz",
          "why": "Transcription française employée dans les textes francophones, conservée à côté de la forme principale retenue."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lignitium",
          "why": "Nom latin historique employé dans les travaux savants ou les imprimés anciens, sans usage courant actuel."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Legnica is a city on the Kaczawa River in Lower Silesia, southwestern Poland. Its Piast castle and cathedral recall its role as the seat of a Silesian duchy.",
  "about_fr": "Legnica est une ville de Basse-Silésie, dans le sud-ouest de la Pologne, sur la Kaczawa. Son château des Piast et sa cathédrale rappellent son rôle de siège d’un duché silésien.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Missing Wikidata ID restored after following the Wikipedia identity link. Liegnitz is the German historical name; Lignitz is an older French form.",
  "rank": 107,
  "slug": "legnica"
}