Elamur LocationsVarėna
A settlement in Lithuania.
English name
Varėna — Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.
Other forms in use:
- Orany — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- Warnen — German historical name recorded in English geographical references.
- Oran — Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references.
- Varena — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Varėna for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Varėna — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.
Other forms in use:
- Orany — Polish historical name for French archival matching; not a current French exonym.
- Oran — Jewish-community name useful in French Holocaust research; independent French prose frequency unverified.
- Varena — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Varėna for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Varėna is a town in southern Lithuania and an administrative centre of the Dzūkija region. The surrounding forests are associated with mushroom gathering, which the town celebrates in a local festival.
Notes
Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varėna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varėna.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q835843 · JSON
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