Kelmė
A settlement in Lithuania.
English name
Kelmė — Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.
Other forms in use:
- Kielmy — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- Kelm — Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references.
- Kelme — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kelmė for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Kelmė — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.
Other forms in use:
- Kelm — Jewish-community name used for French religious and historical bibliography matching; not the modern French civic name.
- Kielmy — Polish historical form for French archival matching.
- Kelme — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kelmė for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Kelmė is a town in western Lithuania's Samogitia region. Its manor estate is a local landmark, and the town had an important Jewish community before the Holocaust.
Notes
Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmė ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmė.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q658230 · JSON
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