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# Molėtai

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

**Molėtai** — Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

- **Malaty** — Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified.
- **Mulau** — German historical name explicitly quoted in English reference prose.
- **Malata** — Earlier name quoted in French history; exact period and English use unverified.
- **Moletai** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Molėtai for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## French name

**Molėtai** — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.

Other forms in use:

- **Moletaï** — Russian-derived spelling explicitly printed in the French locality reference; French transcription rather than a new official name.
- **Malaty** — Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference.
- **Malata** — Historical name explicitly printed in French history, but its exact period is uncertain.
- **Moletai** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Molėtai for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## About

Molėtai is a town in a lake district north of Vilnius in Lithuania. The nearby astronomical observatory and Museum of Ethnocosmology are important scientific and visitor destinations.

## Notes

Molėtai retains its Lithuanian spelling in French, alongside Moletai, Russian-transcribed Moletaï and historical Malaty/Malata. Observatory and ethnocosmology museum are nearby, not assumed to stand in the town centre. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957530 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molėtai ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molėtai.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q957530](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957530) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/moletai/?format=json)


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