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# Garliava

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

**Garliava** — Current official Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.

Other forms in use:

- **Godlewo** — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- **Godlevo** — Russian-based historical English form.
- **Gudleve** — Yiddish-derived name used in Jewish historical and genealogical references; not the modern civic name.

## French name

**Garliava** — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Godlewo** — Polish historical name explicitly discussed in the French account of the town’s founding.
- **Gudleve** — Jewish historical name for retrieval in French-language sources; exact frequency in French prose is unverified.

## About

Garliava is a town immediately south of Kaunas in central Lithuania. Although it has its own town identity, it forms part of the wider Kaunas urban area.

## Notes

Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garliava ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garliava.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1004312](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1004312) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/garliava/?format=json)


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