Elamur LocationsVilkaviškis
A settlement in Lithuania.
English name
Vilkaviškis — Current official Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.
Other forms in use:
- Vilkavishkis — English phonetic rendering using sh for š; not the official Lithuanian spelling.
- Wyłkowyszki — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- Wilkowyszki — Historical spelling without ł, recorded in English name lists.
- Wilkowischken — German historical name used in English Baltic history.
- Vilkovishk — Yiddish-derived name used in Jewish historical and genealogical references; not the modern civic name.
- Vilkaviskis — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Vilkaviškis for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
- Wylkowyszki — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Wyłkowyszki for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
French name
Vilkaviškis — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Wyłkowyszki — Polish historical name useful in French regional or Jewish-history references; not a separate French exonym.
- Wilkowischken — German historical name used for French Baltic-history retrieval; French prose frequency unverified.
- Vilkovishk — Jewish historical name for retrieval in French-language sources; exact frequency in French prose is unverified.
- Vilkaviskis — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Vilkaviškis for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
- Wylkowyszki — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Wyłkowyszki for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
About
Vilkaviškis is a town at the meeting of the Šeimena and Vilkauja rivers in southwestern Lithuania. It is a district centre with a prominent Catholic cathedral.
Notes
Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilkaviškis ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilkaviškis.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q852272 · JSON
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