{
  "place_id": "mshchonuv#7887_11140",
  "wikidata": "Q477955",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Mszczonów",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Mszczonów",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Amshinov",
          "why": "Jewish-community name recorded in English historical or genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Mszczonow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Mszczonów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Mszczonów",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Mszczonow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Mszczonów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Mszczonów is a town southwest of Warsaw in central Poland. It has a long history as a market town and is associated with the Amshinov Hasidic dynasty.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mszczonów ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mszczonów.",
  "rank": 1495,
  "slug": "mszczonow"
}