{
  "place_id": "pshasnysh#7945_11160",
  "wikidata": "Q672964",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Przasnysz",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Przasnysz",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Prasnysh",
          "why": "Russian-mediated historical spelling used in English military accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Praschnitz",
          "why": "German occupation name during the Second World War; historical only."
        },
        {
          "name": "Przasnysch",
          "why": "German phonetic historical spelling in maps and military writing."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Przasnysz",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Prasnysz",
          "why": "Older French military-history spelling, alongside the native Polish form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prasnysh",
          "why": "Russian-mediated spelling retained in some French citations."
        },
        {
          "name": "Praschnitz",
          "why": "German occupation name relevant to French wartime archives."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Przasnysz is a town in northern Masovian Voivodeship on the Węgierka River. Its historic churches and role in First World War campaigns are important parts of its history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 597,
  "slug": "przasnysz"
}