{
  "place_id": "zhyvets#7760_11067",
  "wikidata": "Q373059",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Żywiec",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Żywiec",
      "why": "Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Saybusch",
          "why": "German historical name used in English accounts of the Habsburg estates and wartime expulsions."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zywiec",
          "why": "Plain-letter spelling without the local diacritics, used in English systems that cannot retain them; the main form preserves the native spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Żywiec",
      "why": "Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Saybusch",
          "why": "Historical German name relevant to French accounts of the Habsburgs and the German occupation."
        },
        {
          "name": "Zywiec",
          "why": "French plain-text and search variant without native diacritics; the main form keeps the local spelling."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Żywiec is a town in southern Poland where the Soła and Koszarawa meet, near the Beskid mountains. Its castle complex and brewery are widely associated with the town.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label 'Живець' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form.",
  "rank": 339,
  "slug": "zywiec"
}