{
  "place_id": "nysa#7803_10962",
  "wikidata": "Q815721",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Nysa",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Nysa",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Neisse",
          "why": "Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neiße",
          "why": "German orthographic form with ß, also encountered for the historical town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neisse in Schlesien",
          "why": "Expanded German historical form distinguishing the Silesian town from other namesakes."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Nysa",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Neisse",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Neiße",
          "why": "German spelling variant in French references to German-language sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Nysa is a town on the Nysa Kłodzka in Opole Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. Its churches and former fortifications reflect its history as a seat of the bishops of Wrocław.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Nysa also names rivers and other settlements; this record is the town in Opole Voivodeship.",
  "rank": 249,
  "slug": "nysa"
}