Elamur LocationsTelšiai
A settlement in Lithuania.
English name
Telšiai — Current Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its native diacritics.
Other forms in use:
- Telsiai — Unaccented Lithuanian spelling.
- Telshe — Yiddish-derived name used in English Jewish history and in the name of the Telshe yeshiva.
- Telz — Alternative Jewish historical spelling.
- Telschi — German historical form in Baltic geographical sources.
- Telsze — Polish historical designation.
French name
Telšiai — Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Telsze — Polish historical name relevant to French accounts of Lithuania.
- Telschi — German historical name for archival matching.
- Telshe — Jewish historical form, especially in French discussions of the yeshiva.
- Telz — Variant in French Jewish religious and historical contexts.
- Telsiai — Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French.
About
Telšiai is a town beside Lake Mastis in western Lithuania. It is an important cultural centre of Samogitia, with a cathedral overlooking the town.
Notes
The yeshiva name may refer to successor institutions outside Lithuania. Input label 'Тельшяй' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q2222616 · JSON
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