{
  "place_id": "zhary#7868_10840",
  "wikidata": "Q148849",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Żary",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Żary",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zary",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sorau",
          "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": "Žarow",
          "why": "Lower Sorbian name, relevant in English discussions of Lusatian history and language."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Żary",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zary",
          "why": "Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sorau",
          "why": "German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources."
        },
        {
          "name": "Žarow",
          "why": "Lower Sorbian name retained in French discussions of Lusatian cultural history."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Żary is a town in Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland. Its castle and palace reflect the history of the eastern part of Lower Lusatia.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "",
  "rank": 290,
  "slug": "zary"
}