{
  "place_id": "peremyshl#7765_11265",
  "wikidata": "Q208473",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Przemyśl",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Przemyśl",
      "why": "Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Przemysl",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Premissel",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Peremyshl",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, found in older international references and Russian-language source citations; retained as a recognition form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Peremyshl’",
          "why": "Alternative international spelling used in references to this place; not a separate settlement or a renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pshemishl",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish history and genealogy; transcription varies between authors."
        },
        {
          "name": "Premisle",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish history and genealogy; transcription varies between authors."
        },
        {
          "name": "Premslau",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prömsel",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in English historical writing, older maps and family records."
        },
        {
          "name": "Praemislia",
          "why": "Historical Latin name used in scholarly or early printed sources, not a current everyday name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pshemishel",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish history and genealogy; transcription varies between authors."
        },
        {
          "name": "Premishla",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish history and genealogy; transcription varies between authors."
        },
        {
          "name": "Peremyšl",
          "why": "Scholarly transcription of Ukrainian Перемишль; the soft sign is sometimes indicated separately."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Przemyśl",
      "why": "Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Przemysl",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Premissel",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Peremyshl",
          "why": "Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification."
        },
        {
          "name": "Peremyshl’",
          "why": "Autre graphie internationale employée pour cette localité ; il ne s’agit ni d’une autre localité ni d’un changement de nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pshemishl",
          "why": "Nom yiddish transcrit en caractères latins, employé en histoire juive et en généalogie ; la transcription varie selon les auteurs."
        },
        {
          "name": "Premisle",
          "why": "Nom yiddish transcrit en caractères latins, employé en histoire juive et en généalogie ; la transcription varie selon les auteurs."
        },
        {
          "name": "Premslau",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Prömsel",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les récits historiques, les anciennes cartes et les recherches familiales."
        },
        {
          "name": "Praemislia",
          "why": "Nom latin historique employé dans les travaux savants ou les imprimés anciens, sans usage courant actuel."
        },
        {
          "name": "Pshemishel",
          "why": "Nom yiddish transcrit en caractères latins, employé en histoire juive et en généalogie ; la transcription varie selon les auteurs."
        },
        {
          "name": "Premishla",
          "why": "Nom yiddish transcrit en caractères latins, employé en histoire juive et en généalogie ; la transcription varie selon les auteurs."
        },
        {
          "name": "Peremyšl",
          "why": "Transcription savante de l’ukrainien Перемишль ; le signe mou est parfois indiqué séparément."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Przemyśl is a city on the San River in southeastern Poland, near the Ukrainian border. Its hilltop castle and surrounding fortress works reflect its long strategic importance.",
  "about_fr": "Przemyśl est une ville du sud-est de la Pologne, sur le San, près de la frontière ukrainienne. Son château sur une hauteur et les ouvrages de sa forteresse rappellent son ancienne importance stratégique.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Historical forms checked against JewishGen and Gesher Galicia. Premisle is a Yiddish transcription; it should not automatically be classified as a French exonym. Peremyshl/Peremyšl reflects Ukrainian; Russian also has a closely related form.",
  "rank": 180,
  "slug": "przemysl"
}