{
  "place_id": "makuv-mazovetskyi#7937_11172",
  "wikidata": "Q983871",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Maków Mazowiecki",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Maków Mazowiecki",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Maków",
          "why": "Short historical Polish name; ambiguous without the Masovian qualifier."
        },
        {
          "name": "Makov",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name used in English Jewish historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Makow",
          "why": "German historical spelling, also diacritic-free Polish."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mackeim",
          "why": "German occupation-era name used in 1941–1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Makow Mazowiecki",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Maków Mazowiecki for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Maków Mazowiecki",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Maków",
          "why": "Short historical Polish name in French citations; ambiguous without context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mackeim",
          "why": "German wartime name for French historical retrieval."
        },
        {
          "name": "Makow Mazowiecki",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Maków Mazowiecki for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Makow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Maków for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Maków Mazowiecki is a county town in Poland's Masovian region. It stands on the Orzyc River north of Warsaw.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maków_Mazowiecki ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maków_Mazowiecki.",
  "rank": 1068,
  "slug": "makow-mazowiecki"
}