{
  "place_id": "shydlovets#7846_11158",
  "wikidata": "Q974977",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Szydłowiec",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Szydłowiec",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shidlovitz",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived spelling used in Jewish historical or genealogical references; not the modern civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szydlowiec",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Szydłowiec for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Szydłowiec",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shidlovitz",
          "why": "Yiddish-derived name relevant to French Jewish-history searches; French frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Szydlowiec",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Szydłowiec for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Szydłowiec is a town south of Radom in central Poland. Its castle houses a museum of folk musical instruments, and sandstone working is a longstanding local craft.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 884,
  "slug": "szydlowiec"
}