{
  "place_id": "sokoliv-pidliaskyi#7911_11236",
  "wikidata": "Q1613105",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Sokołów Podlaski",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Sokołów Podlaski",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sokolow Podlaski",
          "why": "Unaccented Polish spelling used for searching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokołów",
          "why": "Short form, ambiguous without the Podlasie context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokolov",
          "why": "Russian-mediated historical spelling used in English records of the former Russian Empire."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Sokołów Podlaski",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Sokołów",
          "why": "Short Polish form where the regional context distinguishes the town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokolov",
          "why": "Russian-mediated spelling relevant to French historical sources; ambiguous without context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sokolow Podlaski",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Sokołów Podlaski is a town in eastern Masovian Voivodeship in the historical Podlasie region. It serves the surrounding agricultural area and has a substantial food-processing tradition.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 525,
  "slug": "sokolow-podlaski"
}