{
  "place_id": "zhnin#7936_10984",
  "wikidata": "Q324941",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Żnin",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Żnin",
      "why": "The official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its Polish spelling; no romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dietfurt",
          "why": "German occupation-imposed name during 1939–1945; historical only."
        },
        {
          "name": "Znin",
          "why": "Diacritic-free search and plain-text spelling of the local Latin name; not a separate official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Żnin",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Dietfurt",
          "why": "Occupation-period German search name, 1939–1945; not a current French form."
        },
        {
          "name": "Znin",
          "why": "Same local name without its diacritics, useful in French indexes, URLs and plain-text sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Żnin is a town between lakes in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is a cultural centre of the Pałuki region and a starting point for trips to the archaeological site at Biskupin.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Dietfurt was an occupation-imposed name during the Second World War, not an ordinary current German equivalent.",
  "rank": 753,
  "slug": "znin"
}