{
  "place_id": "rava-mazovetska#7875_11125",
  "wikidata": "Q149059",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Rawa Mazowiecka",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rawa Mazowiecka",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rawa",
          "why": "Traditional short name used when the Masovian location is clear."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rava Mazowiecka",
          "why": "Phonetic variant found in older international references; less suitable than the Polish spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rawa Mazowiecka",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rawa",
          "why": "Short form in French historical writing about the duchy of Masovia."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rawa Mazowiecka is a town in Łódź Voivodeship on the Rawka River. A surviving castle tower recalls its past as a seat of the dukes of Masovia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 606,
  "slug": "rawa-mazowiecka"
}