{
  "place_id": "starohard-hdanskyi#7998_11029",
  "wikidata": "Q503146",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Starogard Gdański",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Starogard Gdański",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Starogard Gdanski",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Preußisch Stargard",
          "why": "Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Preussisch Stargard",
          "why": "Historical German spelling with ss replacing ß."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starogard",
          "why": "Short form used when the town is clear from context; distinct from Stargard in West Pomerania."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Starogard Gdański",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Starogard Gdanski",
          "why": "Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Preußisch Stargard",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Preussisch Stargard",
          "why": "German historical form with ss, found in French references using German sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Starogard",
          "why": "Shortened form; French readers must distinguish it from Stargard."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Starogard Gdański is a city on the Wierzyca in Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is a principal centre of the Kociewie cultural region.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Do not merge Starogard Gdański with Stargard, a different city in northwestern Poland.",
  "rank": 225,
  "slug": "starogard-gdanski"
}