{
  "place_id": "milych#7862_10959",
  "wikidata": "Q717933",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Milicz",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Milicz",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Militsch",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English accounts of the town before its transfer to Poland in 1945."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Milicz",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Militsch",
          "why": "German historical name relevant to French histories of Silesia; French textual frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Milicz is a town on the Barycz in Lower Silesia. It is a gateway to the Milicz Ponds, a landscape of fishponds and wetlands important for waterbirds.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 878,
  "slug": "milicz"
}