Elamur LocationsVentspils
A settlement in Latvia.
English name
Ventspils — Latvian Latin-script name used in English, with native diacritics retained.
Other forms in use:
- Windau — Historical German name established in English Baltic histories.
- Vindava — Russian-based historical spelling used in imperial and railway references.
- Windawa — Historical Polish form encountered in accounts of the Baltic region.
French name
Ventspils — Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.
Other forms in use:
- Windau — Traditional German historical name retained in French accounts of Courland.
- Vindava — Russian-mediated historical form found in older French geography.
About
Ventspils is a Latvian port city where the Venta reaches the Baltic Sea. Its castle and old harbour area reflect the city’s long maritime and trading history.
Notes
Ventspils is the Latvian name; the historical variants are not recent Ukrainian-style renamings. Input label 'Вентспілс' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form. Less common cross-language forms are for historical or regional text recognition, not recommendations for ordinary modern prose.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q104036 · JSON
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