{
  "place_id": "zhozhelets#7841_10833",
  "wikidata": "Q147929",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Zgorzelec",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zgorzelec",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Görlitz",
          "why": "Name of the historic undivided town; today usually denotes the German municipality across the river."
        },
        {
          "name": "Goerlitz",
          "why": "ASCII rendering of Görlitz in historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Görlitz-Ost",
          "why": "Historical designation for the eastern part of Görlitz, now Zgorzelec."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zgorzelec",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Görlitz",
          "why": "Historical name of the undivided town; in present French usage usually the German city."
        },
        {
          "name": "Goerlitz",
          "why": "French plain-text rendering of the German name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zgorzelec is a Polish town on the Lusatian Neisse opposite Görlitz in Germany. It grew from the eastern part of a historic town divided by the postwar border.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Zgorzelec and Görlitz are separate present-day municipalities; Görlitz should not replace Zgorzelec on a current map. Input label 'Згожелець' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form. Wikidata ID missing in input, supplied after checking https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147929 and the town article link.",
  "rank": 341,
  "slug": "zgorzelec"
}