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Orsha

A settlement in Belarus; local name Орша.

English name

Orsha — Established English spelling of the current city name; Belarusian and Russian source forms are distinguished in the alternatives.

Other forms in use:

French name

Orcha — Graphie française du nom actuel de la ville ; les formes issues du biélorusse et du russe sont distinguées dans les variantes.

Other forms in use:

About

Orsha is a city in northeastern Belarus where the Orshytsa meets the Dnieper. Its position has made it an important railway junction and a recurring landmark in the region’s military history.

Notes

Orsha coincides with BGN/PCGN 1979; Orcha is the conventional French transcription. Formal table-derived aliases are labelled separately from attested prose spellings. Coverage of romanization systems and historical aliases is not exhaustive.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q208609 · JSON

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