{
  "place_id": "zhyrarduv#7891_11135",
  "wikidata": "Q393251",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Żyrardów",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Żyrardów",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zyrardow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling. Common diacritic-free spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Girardow",
          "why": "Older spelling used in English histories of Philippe de Girard and the linen industry; based directly on the founder’s surname."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Żyrardów",
      "why": "Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zyrardow",
          "why": "Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French. Common French typing form without the Polish accents."
        },
        {
          "name": "Girardow",
          "why": "Historical French spelling attested in industrial and travel writing; based on Philippe de Girard’s surname."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Żyrardów is a town in Masovian Voivodeship west of Warsaw. Its planned red-brick factory district grew around linen production.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "The town is named for the French inventor Philippe de Girard; this etymology does not make Girard an alternative municipal name.",
  "rank": 262,
  "slug": "zyrardow"
}