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# Rokiškis

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Rakiszki** — Polish historical name found in English histories and Jewish genealogical sources.
- **Rokishki** — Yiddish-derived spelling used in Jewish historical or genealogical references; not the modern civic name.
- **Rakishki** — Historical Russian/Yiddish-mediated English spelling; not the present Lithuanian official form.
- **Rokiskis** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Rokiškis for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Rokiškis** — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Rakiszki** — Polish historical name quoted in French reference material.
- **Rokiskis** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Rokiškis for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## About

Rokiškis is a town in northeastern Lithuania near the Latvian border. Its manor museum and large neo-Gothic Church of St Matthew face one another across the historic town centre.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1693963](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1693963) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/rokiskis/?format=json)


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