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# Jonava

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

**Jonava** — Lithuanian Latin-script name used in English, with native diacritics retained.

Other forms in use:

- **Janów** — Polish historical name used in regional and Jewish histories; ambiguous without Lithuanian context.
- **Yanov** — Yiddish- or Russian-mediated form used in English Jewish historical writing.
- **Janowo** — Historical Polish variant in older geographical sources.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Janów** — Historical Polish form relevant to French accounts of Lithuania.
- **Yanov** — Jewish historical form; ambiguous without the Lithuanian context.

## About

Jonava is a city in central Lithuania on the Neris, north-east of Kaunas. It grew as a trading town and became closely associated with the nearby Achema fertilizer works.

## Notes

The industrial works are near the city. Janów and Yanov are shared by many places. Input label 'Йонава' 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 Q743218](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743218) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/jonava/?format=json)


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