Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Translate](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Locations** This page as HTML: # Telšiai A settlement in Lithuania. ## English name **Telšiai** — Current Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained in English with its native diacritics. Other forms in use: - **Telsiai** — Unaccented Lithuanian spelling. - **Telshe** — Yiddish-derived name used in English Jewish history and in the name of the Telshe yeshiva. - **Telz** — Alternative Jewish historical spelling. - **Telschi** — German historical form in Baltic geographical sources. - **Telsze** — Polish historical designation. ## French name **Telšiai** — Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected. Other forms in use: - **Telsze** — Polish historical name relevant to French accounts of Lithuania. - **Telschi** — German historical name for archival matching. - **Telshe** — Jewish historical form, especially in French discussions of the yeshiva. - **Telz** — Variant in French Jewish religious and historical contexts. - **Telsiai** — Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French. ## About Telšiai is a town beside Lake Mastis in western Lithuania. It is an important cultural centre of Samogitia, with a cathedral overlooking the town. ## Notes The yeshiva name may refer to successor institutions outside Lithuania. Input label 'Тельшяй' is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling. Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2222616](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2222616) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/telsiai/?format=json) Names and descriptions are written by the Elamur team; the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.