{
  "place_id": "sianok#7752_11234",
  "wikidata": "Q201729",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Sanok",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sanok",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sianok",
          "why": "Ukrainian national 2010 romanization of the Ukrainian name Сянок, used in English discussions of the region’s Ukrainian heritage."
        },
        {
          "name": "Syanok",
          "why": "Older English-style transcription of the Ukrainian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sanik",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, encountered in Jewish historical and family sources; transcription varies."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sanok",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sianok",
          "why": "Ukrainian-language form, relevant when French writing cites Ukrainian sources; Sanok remains the local Polish name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Sanok is a town on the San in Subcarpathian Voivodeship near the Carpathians. Its castle museum and open-air museum preserve art and traditions from the region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "The Ukrainian exonym in the source is not the current local official name. The present town is distinct from the broader San valley.",
  "rank": 293,
  "slug": "sanok"
}