Rokiškis
A settlement in Lithuania.
English name
Rokiškis — Current official Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Rakiszki — Polish historical name found in English histories and Jewish genealogical sources.
- Rokishki — Yiddish-derived spelling used in Jewish historical or genealogical references; not the modern civic name.
- Rakishki — Historical Russian/Yiddish-mediated English spelling; not the present Lithuanian official form.
- Rokiskis — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Rokiškis for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
French name
Rokiškis — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Rakiszki — Polish historical name quoted in French reference material.
- Rokiskis — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Rokiškis for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
About
Rokiškis is a town in northeastern Lithuania near the Latvian border. Its manor museum and large neo-Gothic Church of St Matthew face one another across the historic town centre.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1693963 · JSON
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