Trakai

A settlement in Lithuania.

English name

Trakai — Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

• Troki — Polish historical and community name extensively used in historical accounts of Lithuania.
• Tracken — Medieval German documentary spelling quoted in English reference prose.
• Traken — Historical German spelling quoted in English reference prose.
• Trok — Yiddish name explicitly quoted in English reference prose.
• Troky — Historical Latin spelling printed in the English reference; precise source-language attribution uncertain.
• Traki — Alternative Latin spelling printed in the English reference.
• Naujieji Trakai — Lithuanian expanded name meaning New Trakai; distinguishes this town from Senieji Trakai.

French name

Trakai — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.

Other forms in use:

• Troki — Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference.
• Trakaï — French adapted spelling indexed in French naming data; ï marks the final vowel sequence.
• Petit Marienbourg — French descriptive nickname quoted in the locality reference for the castle town; not an official civic name.

About

Trakai is a historic town among lakes west of Vilnius in Lithuania. Its island castle and Karaim heritage make it one of the country's best-known cultural destinations.

Notes

Trakai is the lake town with the island castle; Senieji Trakai is a distinct earlier settlement. Historical capital claims are not transferred indiscriminately between the two. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trakai ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trakai.

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