{
  "place_id": "pabianytsi#7870_11075",
  "wikidata": "Q158589",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Pabianice",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Pabianice",
      "why": "Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pabyanitse",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, found in older international references and Russian-language source citations; retained as a recognition form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pabyanits",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish history and genealogy; transcription varies between authors."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pabianitz",
          "why": "Historical German spelling, also used under German occupation after the brief Burgstadt stage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Burgstadt",
          "why": "German occupation name used briefly in 1939–1940 before Pabianitz; not a neutral modern exonym."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Pabianice",
      "why": "Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Pabyanitse",
          "why": "Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pabyanits",
          "why": "Nom yiddish transcrit en caractères latins, employé en histoire juive et en généalogie ; la transcription varie selon les auteurs."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pabianitz",
          "why": "Graphie allemande historique, également employée sous l’occupation après la brève période du nom Burgstadt."
        },
        {
          "name": "Burgstadt",
          "why": "Nom imposé brièvement sous l’occupation allemande en 1939–1940, avant Pabianitz ; ce n’est pas un exonyme actuel neutre."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Pabianice is a city southwest of Łódź in central Poland. Its textile mills and industrialists’ residences recall its development within the Łódź manufacturing region.",
  "about_fr": "Pabianice est une ville du centre de la Pologne, au sud-ouest de Łódź. Ses usines textiles et ses demeures d’industriels rappellent son développement dans la région manufacturière de Łódź.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "German occupation naming included a brief Burgstadt stage in 1939–1940 followed by Pabianitz. The county history confirms Burgstadt; the later chronology is supported by historical references.",
  "rank": 162,
  "slug": "pabianice"
}