{
  "place_id": "tomashiv#7802_11300",
  "wikidata": "Q911009",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Tomaszów Lubelski",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Tomaszów Lubelski",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tomaszow Lubelski",
          "why": "Unaccented Polish form used in English indexes."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tomaszów",
          "why": "Short local name, ambiguous without the Lublin-region context."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tomaszow",
          "why": "Unaccented short form used in historical accounts and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tomashov",
          "why": "Russian-mediated historical name used in accounts of the former Russian Empire."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Tomaszów Lubelski",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Tomaszów",
          "why": "Short Polish form when the Lublin region is clear; not Tomaszów Mazowiecki."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tomaszow",
          "why": "Traditional unaccented form in older French accounts."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tomachov",
          "why": "French-style Russian-mediated historical transcription, not the modern Polish heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Tomaszow Lubelski",
          "why": "Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Tomaszów Lubelski is a town in southeastern Lublin Voivodeship near the Roztocze hills. Its wooden Church of the Annunciation is a distinctive feature of the old town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input shorthand Томашів identifies Tomaszów Lubelski by its coordinates and identifiers, not Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 524,
  "slug": "tomaszow-lubelski"
}