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# Ventspils

A settlement in Latvia.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Windau** — Historical German name established in English Baltic histories.
- **Vindava** — Russian-based historical spelling used in imperial and railway references.
- **Windawa** — Historical Polish form encountered in accounts of the Baltic region.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Windau** — Traditional German historical name retained in French accounts of Courland.
- **Vindava** — Russian-mediated historical form found in older French geography.

## About

Ventspils is a Latvian port city where the Venta reaches the Baltic Sea. Its castle and old harbour area reflect the city’s long maritime and trading history.

## Notes

Ventspils is the Latvian name; the historical variants are not recent Ukrainian-style renamings. Input label 'Вентспілс' 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 Q104036](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104036) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/latvia/ventspils/?format=json)


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