{
  "place_id": "leshno#7880_10920",
  "wikidata": "Q52892",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Leszno",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Leszno",
      "why": "Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lissa",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polnisch Lissa",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polnisch-Lissa",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Leszno",
      "why": "Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lissa",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polnisch Lissa",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polnisch-Lissa",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Leszno is a city in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its history includes a prominent religious refugee community, and it is also known as a centre of gliding.",
  "about_fr": "Leszno est une ville de l’ouest de la Pologne, dans la voïvodie de Grande-Pologne. Son histoire comprend une importante communauté de réfugiés religieux ; elle est aussi connue comme centre de vol à voile.",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Lissa needs a geographic qualifier in ambiguous historical contexts; the same form has been used for other places. Missing Wikidata ID filled after verification.",
  "rank": 167,
  "slug": "leszno"
}