{
  "place_id": "olava#7830_10960",
  "wikidata": "Q924049",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Oława",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Oława",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ohlau",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English historical and genealogical writing; not the current Polish name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Olawa",
          "why": "Spelling without native diacritics, used in English plain-text indexes and international search; not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Oława",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ohlau",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town; not the ordinary present-day French name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Olawa",
          "why": "French plain-text and search variant without native diacritics; the main form keeps the local spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Oława is a town in Lower Silesia, south-east of Wrocław, near the Oder and the Oława river. Its castle is associated with the Silesian Piast dukes.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label 'Олава' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 313,
  "slug": "olawa"
}