{
  "place_id": "ostrolenka#7949_11198",
  "wikidata": "Q461287",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Ostrołęka",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ostrołęka",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ostroleka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ostrolenka",
          "why": "Common rendering without the Polish nasal-vowel and l-stroke marks."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ostrołęka",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ostroleka",
          "why": "Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ostrolenka",
          "why": "French texts often omit the Polish marks in this name; this is a spelling simplification, not a separate exonym."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ostrołęka is a city on the Narew in Masovian Voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It is a regional service and industrial centre associated with the Kurpie area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 215,
  "slug": "ostroleka"
}