Raseiniai
A settlement in Lithuania.
English name
Raseiniai — Current official Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.
Other forms in use:
- Rosienie — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- Rossieny — Russian-based historical form used in English accounts of the region.
- Rasein — German historical spelling used in English military history.
- Raseinē — Samogitian regional name, quoted in English references.
- Raseine — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Raseinē for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Raseiniai — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Rosienie — Polish historical name relevant to French regional histories.
- Rossieny — Russian-derived historical form used in older French references.
- Rasein — German historical spelling for French military-history retrieval.
About
Raseiniai is a district town in western Lithuania, in the historic Samogitia region. It gave its name to a major tank battle during the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Notes
Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raseiniai ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raseiniai.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q658562 · JSON
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