{
  "place_id": "serakovitse#8019_10993",
  "wikidata": "Q1021091",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Sierakowice",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sierakowice",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sierakowitz",
          "why": "German historical name used for archival identification."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serakòwice",
          "why": "Kashubian local name; a regional-language form, not an English translation."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serakowice",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Serakòwice for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sierakowice",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical references.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sierakowitz",
          "why": "German historical name for French archival retrieval; prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serakòwice",
          "why": "Kashubian local spelling for French source matching; no French exonym implied."
        },
        {
          "name": "Serakowice",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Serakòwice for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Sierakowice is a large village in the Kashubian region of northern Poland. It is a municipal centre in the lake country west of Kartuzy.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Regional Kashubian form checked against the Kashubian association’s place-name map: https://kaszebsko.com/mapa-kaszub . Historical German names are not current English or French main names. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierakowice,_Pomeranian_Voivodeship ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierakowice_(Poméranie).",
  "rank": 1183,
  "slug": "sierakowice"
}