{
  "place_id": "zeliuv#7859_11067",
  "wikidata": "Q189273",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Zelów",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zelów",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zelov",
          "why": "Czech community name explicitly quoted in English references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zelow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Zelów for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zelów",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zelov",
          "why": "Czech community name for French Protestant-history searches; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zelow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Zelów for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zelów is a town southwest of Łódź in central Poland. Its history includes a community of Czech Protestant settlers whose religious and cultural institutions remain part of the town's identity.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelów ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelów.",
  "rank": 1295,
  "slug": "zelow"
}