{
  "place_id": "voluv#7852_10924",
  "wikidata": "Q983726",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Wołów",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Wołów",
      "why": "The official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its Polish spelling; no romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wohlau",
          "why": "German historical name used in English Silesian history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volov",
          "why": "Czech name quoted in the English reference entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wolow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search and plain-text spelling of the local Latin name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Wołów",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wohlau",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly given in the French entry."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wolow",
          "why": "Same local name without its diacritics, useful in French indexes, URLs and plain-text sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Wołów is a town northwest of Wrocław in Lower Silesia. Its castle and surviving sections of medieval town walls reflect its history as a regional administrative centre.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Wikidata identifier supplied from the checked English reference page for this location.",
  "rank": 798,
  "slug": "wolow"
}