Elamur LocationsVõru
A settlement in Estonia.
English name
Võru — Current official Estonian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Werro — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the Baltic provinces.
- Võro — Local Võro-language name, used when discussing the town and its regional culture.
- Voru — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võru for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
- Voro — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võro for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
French name
Võru — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Werro — German historical name used in French reference material.
- Võro — Võro-language name quoted when French sources discuss regional culture.
- Voru — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võru for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
- Voro — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võro for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
About
Võru is a town beside Lake Tamula in southeastern Estonia. It is a centre of Võro language and culture, and the writer Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald worked there on the national epic Kalevipoeg.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q205271 · JSON
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