Elamur LocationsŠilutė
A settlement in Lithuania.
English name
Šilutė — Lithuanian official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.
Other forms in use:
- Heydekrug — Historical German name, used in English histories of East Prussia and the Memel Territory.
- Shilute — English phonetic rendering of the Lithuanian name; less precise than the native spelling.
- Silute — Diacritic-free search spelling of the native name; not a separate official name.
French name
Šilutė — Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Heydekrug — German historical name retained in French accounts of East Prussia and the Memel Territory.
- Silute — Accent-free search form for French keyboards and older indexes; preserve the native letters in edited French.
About
Šilutė is a town in western Lithuania near the Nemunas delta. Its mixed Lithuanian and German heritage is reflected in the former manor of Hugo Scheu and the surrounding architecture.
Notes
Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q391626 · JSON
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