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# Rēzekne

A settlement in Latvia.

## English name

**Rēzekne** — Latvian Latin-script name used in English, with native diacritics retained.

Other forms in use:

- **Rezhitsa** — Russian-based historical name used in English imperial and Jewish history.
- **Rositten** — German historical name encountered in Baltic histories.
- **Rzeżyca** — Polish historical name used in regional histories.
- **Rēzne** — Latgalian name used in accounts of Latgalian language and culture.
- **Rezekne** — Spelling without native diacritics, used in English plain-text indexes and international search; not a separate exonym.

## French name

**Rēzekne** — Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.

Other forms in use:

- **Rejitsa** — Russian-based French historical form.
- **Rositten** — German historical name in French Baltic history.
- **Rzeżyca** — Historical Polish name relevant to French accounts of Polish Livonia.
- **Rēzne** — Latgalian local name in discussions of regional culture.
- **Rezekne** — French plain-text and search variant without native diacritics; the main form keeps the local spelling.

## About

Rēzekne is a city in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia on the Rēzekne river. It is an important Latgalian cultural centre, with castle ruins on a hill above the town.

## Notes

Latvian Rēzekne and Latgalian Rēzne are living regional forms, not a recent renaming. Input label 'Резекне' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local\_name is restored to the native-language form. Less common cross-language forms are for historical or regional text recognition, not recommendations for ordinary modern prose.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q180379](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180379) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/latvia/rezekne/?format=json)


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