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# Mažeikiai

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Mazeiki** — Russian-mediated form in older English references.
- **Możejki** — Polish historical name encountered in regional and Jewish historical sources.
- **Muravyovo** — Russian imperial railway-era name found in historical accounts.
- **Mazeikiai** — Spelling without native diacritics, used in English plain-text indexes and international search; not a separate exonym.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Możejki** — Historical Polish form relevant to French accounts of the region.
- **Mazeikiai** — French plain-text and search variant without native diacritics; the main form keeps the local spelling.

## About

Mažeikiai is a city in north-western Lithuania near the Venta river and the Latvian border. Railway development and the nearby oil refinery have shaped its modern economy.

## Notes

The oil refinery is near the city, not in its old centre; dates of the imperial name are not asserted. Input label 'Мажейкяй' 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 Q203675](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203675) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/mazeikiai/?format=json)


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