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# Võru

A settlement in Estonia.

## English name

**Võru** — Current official Estonian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.

Other forms in use:

- **Werro** — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the Baltic provinces.
- **Võro** — Local Võro-language name, used when discussing the town and its regional culture.
- **Voru** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võru for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
- **Voro** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võro for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Võru** — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Werro** — German historical name used in French reference material.
- **Võro** — Võro-language name quoted when French sources discuss regional culture.
- **Voru** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võru for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
- **Voro** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Võro for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## About

Võru is a town beside Lake Tamula in southeastern Estonia. It is a centre of Võro language and culture, and the writer Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald worked there on the national epic Kalevipoeg.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q205271](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205271) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/estonia/voru/?format=json)


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