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{ "example": { "asOf": "2026-10-21T06:28:04.846Z", "attribution": "City data: GeoNames (geonames.org), licensed CC BY 4.0, cities15000 snapshot 2026-10-21. Crowd-edited; populations and coordinates may be dated.", "degraded": false, "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.", "matches": [ { "admin1Code": "11", "admin1Name": "Ile-de-France", "asciiName": "Paris", "country": "FR", "countryName": "France", "elevationM": 42, "geonameId": 2988507, "lat": 48.85341, "lon": 2.3488, "name": "Paris", "population": 2138551, "role": "national capital", "timezone": "Europe/Paris" }, { "admin1Code": "TX", "admin1Name": "Texas", "asciiName": "Paris", "country": "US", "countryName": "United States", "elevationM": 183, "geonameId": 4717560, "lat": 33.66094, "lon": -95.55551, "name": "Paris", "population": 24782, "role": null, "timezone": "America/Chicago" } ], "notChecked": [ "places under about 15,000 people (unless a capital or administrative seat)", "alternate and historic names", "…1 more" ], "query": { "country": null, "name": "Paris" }, "reasons": [ "Several places share this name; they are ranked by population. Add a country to narrow it." ], "source": "GeoNames cities15000 (CC BY 4.0)", "summary": "Paris, Ile-de-France, France: population 2,138,551; 1 other place share this name.", "totalMatches": 2, "truncated": false, "verdict": "FOUND_MULTIPLE" }, "type": "json" }