alternate: alternate
In dnanto/neogeonames: New GeoNames Data Package and Functions in R

This is a data frame that maps alternate names to geoname identifiers.

alternate

A data frame with 37589 rows and 10 columns

alternateid: the id of this alternate name
geonameid: geonameId referring to id in table 'geoname'
isolanguage: iso 639 language code 2- or 3-characters; 4-characters 'post' for postal codes and 'iata','icao' and faac for airport codes, fr_1793 for French Revolution names, abbr for abbreviation, link to a website (mostly to wikipedia), wkdt for the wikidataid
alternateName: alternate name or name variant
isPreferredName: if this alternate name is an official/preferred name
isShortName: if this is a short name like 'California' for 'State of California'
isColloquial: if this alternate name is a colloquial or slang term. Example: 'Big Apple' for 'New York'
isHistoric: if this alternate name is historic and was used in the past. Example 'Bombay' for 'Mumbai'
from: from period when the name was used
to: to period when the name was used