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# Vileyka

A settlement in Belarus; local name Вілейка.

## English name

**Vileyka** — Established English rendering from Belarusian; retained for recognition alongside Russian-based and national-system variants.

Other forms in use:

- **Vilejka** — Belarusian national geographical romanization revised in 2007 and UN-approved in 2012; historical standard, superseded domestically in 2023.
- **Vileika** — Alternative English romanization, also used in older geographical references.
- **Vilyeyka** — BGN/PCGN-style Russian romanization of Вилейка.
- **Wilejka** — Polish historical name used in English histories and genealogy.
- **Vialejka** — Traditional Belarusian variant based on Вялейка.
- **Вилейка** — Russian original-script name.

## French name

**Vileïka** — Established French form with eï marking the glide; French historical writing also uses Polish Wilejka.

Other forms in use:

- **Vileika** — French plain-letter spelling without the diaeresis.
- **Wilejka** — Polish historical name used in French accounts of the former Wilno region.
- **Vilejka** — Scholarly and cartographic form in French references.
- **Vialeika** — Belarusian alternative name rendered in French geographical references.

## About

Vileyka is a town in Minsk Region in Belarus on the Viliya river. A large reservoir nearby forms part of the water-supply system serving Minsk.

## Notes

French forms checked at https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vile%C3%AFka . Belarusian Вялейка is an alternative linguistic form; no recent renaming is asserted.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q181632](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181632) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/vileyka/?format=json)


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