Zelva

A settlement in Belarus; local name Зэльва.

English name

Zelva — Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.

Other forms in use:

• Zeĺva — Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023.
• Zelwa — Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified.
• Zel’va — English naming-data spelling preserving the soft sign with a curly apostrophe.
• Zel'va — Straight-apostrophe version of the soft-sign spelling indexed in English naming data.
• Zėlʹva — Library-style historical spelling indexed in English naming data; precise table edition unverified.
• Zelvah — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
• Zelṿah — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
• Зэльва — Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.

French name

Zelva — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.

About

Zelva is a small town on the Zelvyanka River in western Belarus's Grodno Region. Its annual fair once drew traders from across the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Notes

National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelva ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelva.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q2618952 · JSON

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