Elamur LocationsSkuodas
A settlement in Lithuania.
English name
Skuodas — Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.
Other forms in use:
- Szkudy — Polish historical or community name quoted in regional references; independent English prose frequency unverified.
- Schoden — German historical name indexed in English naming data.
- Skouds — Samogitian local name explicitly quoted in English reference prose.
- Johannesberg — Historical name given to the new town after it received town privileges; not every use covers the older settlement.
French name
Skuodas — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.
Other forms in use:
- Schoden — German historical form recorded in French naming data and locality history; not the current French heading.
About
Skuodas is a town in northwestern Lithuania near the Latvian border. It lies in the historical region of Samogitia by the Bartuva River.
Notes
Historical Johannesberg refers especially to the new town associated with town privileges. No claim that all historic components have identical boundaries. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skuodas ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1004290 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skuodas.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q1004290 · JSON
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