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# Zelva

A settlement in Belarus; local name Зэльва.

## English name

**Zelva** — Belarusian-based English reference spelling; Russian-derived and dated national-system forms are distinguished below.

Other forms in use:

- **Zeĺva** — Belarusian national geographical romanization (2007), recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, without implying unchanged domestic rules after 2023.
- **Zelwa** — Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified.
- **Zel’va** — English naming-data spelling preserving the soft sign with a curly apostrophe.
- **Zel'va** — Straight-apostrophe version of the soft-sign spelling indexed in English naming data.
- **Zėlʹva** — Library-style historical spelling indexed in English naming data; precise table edition unverified.
- **Zelvah** — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Zelṿah** — Jewish historical retrieval spelling recorded in English naming data; independent prose frequency unverified.
- **Зэльва** — Original Belarusian spelling for local sources quoted or indexed in English.

## French name

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

## About

Zelva is a small town on the Zelvyanka River in western Belarus's Grodno Region. Its annual fair once drew traders from across the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

## Notes

National-system labels are dated 2007/UN 2012; domestic rules changed in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelva ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelva.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2618952](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2618952) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/zelva/?format=json)


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