{
  "place_id": "mezhyn#7967_10802",
  "wikidata": "Q219358",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Mierzyn",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mierzyn",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Möhringen",
          "why": "German historical name; ambiguous with other German settlements of the same name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Moehringen",
          "why": "German oe typography of Möhringen."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mierzęcino",
          "why": "Alternative Polish historical name listed in French reference material; not the current official village name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mohringen",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Möhringen for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mierzecino",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Mierzęcino for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mierzyn",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Möhringen",
          "why": "German historical name relevant to French sources about the Szczecin area; ambiguous without a regional qualifier."
        },
        {
          "name": "Moehringen",
          "why": "German oe typography for historical citations in French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mierzęcino",
          "why": "Alternative Polish name explicitly listed in the French reference entry; French usage normally retains Mierzyn."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mohringen",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Möhringen for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mierzecino",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Mierzęcino for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mierzyn is a village immediately west of Szczecin in northwestern Poland. It is part of the Dobra municipality and has grown into a residential suburb of the city.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "This is Mierzyn beside Szczecin, not any of the other Polish villages of the same name. Möhringen is likewise ambiguous without this geographical context. Missing Wikidata ID filled from the linked settlement item Q219358. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mierzyn,_Police_County ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mierzyn_(Police).",
  "rank": 998,
  "slug": "mierzyn"
}