{
  "place_id": "lukiv#7884_11243",
  "wikidata": "Q384244",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Łuków",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Łuków",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lukow",
          "why": "Plain-letter version used in English historical and genealogical references."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Łuków",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Lukow",
          "why": "French plain-letter spelling, omitting both Polish diacritics."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Łuków is a town in Lublin Voivodeship on the Krzna. It is a local administrative centre and an important railway junction in eastern Poland.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Not Lukiv in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine; the Ukrainian input label could otherwise suggest that place. Input label 'Луків' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 369,
  "slug": "lukow"
}