{
  "place_id": "ropchytse#7782_11201",
  "wikidata": "Q336375",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Ropczyce",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ropczyce",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ropshitz",
          "why": "Yiddish historical name used in English accounts of the Hasidic dynasty."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ropshits",
          "why": "Alternative English romanization of the Yiddish name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ropczyce",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ropshitz",
          "why": "Historical Jewish name used in French writing about Hasidic teachers."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ropchitz",
          "why": "French-style historical spelling; lower confidence in its prevalence."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ropczyce is a town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship west of Rzeszów. It is a local industrial centre and has an important place in the history of Hasidism.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 636,
  "slug": "ropczyce"
}