Elamur LocationsVileyka
A settlement in Belarus; local name Вілейка.
English name
Vileyka — Established English rendering from Belarusian; retained for recognition alongside Russian-based and national-system variants.
Other forms in use:
- Vilejka — Belarusian national geographical romanization revised in 2007 and UN-approved in 2012; historical standard, superseded domestically in 2023.
- Vileika — Alternative English romanization, also used in older geographical references.
- Vilyeyka — BGN/PCGN-style Russian romanization of Вилейка.
- Wilejka — Polish historical name used in English histories and genealogy.
- Vialejka — Traditional Belarusian variant based on Вялейка.
- Вилейка — Russian original-script name.
French name
Vileïka — Established French form with eï marking the glide; French historical writing also uses Polish Wilejka.
Other forms in use:
- Vileika — French plain-letter spelling without the diaeresis.
- Wilejka — Polish historical name used in French accounts of the former Wilno region.
- Vilejka — Scholarly and cartographic form in French references.
- Vialeika — Belarusian alternative name rendered in French geographical references.
About
Vileyka is a town in Minsk Region in Belarus on the Viliya river. A large reservoir nearby forms part of the water-supply system serving Minsk.
Notes
French forms checked at https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vile%C3%AFka . Belarusian Вялейка is an alternative linguistic form; no recent renaming is asserted.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q181632 · JSON
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