{
  "place_id": "sytsuv#7850_10984",
  "wikidata": "Q1001322",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Syców",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Syców",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Groß Wartenberg",
          "why": "German name from 1888 until 1945, used in English Silesian history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gross Wartenberg",
          "why": "German ss typography of Groß Wartenberg."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polnisch Wartenberg",
          "why": "Earlier German name, replaced by Groß Wartenberg in 1888."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sycůw",
          "why": "Silesian local form quoted in French regional references; English frequency not established."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sycow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Syców for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sycuw",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Sycůw for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Syców",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Groß Wartenberg",
          "why": "German historical name used in French Silesian history, from 1888 to 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polnisch Wartenberg",
          "why": "Earlier German name explicitly given in French reference material; replaced in 1888."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sycůw",
          "why": "Silesian local form explicitly given in French reference material."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sycow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Syców for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gross Wartenberg",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Groß Wartenberg for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sycuw",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Sycůw for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Syców is a town in Lower Silesia, northeast of Wrocław in Poland. It developed as a market and textile centre, and its historic buildings reflect the region's Polish and German past.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syców ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syców.",
  "rank": 960,
  "slug": "sycow"
}