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# Varėna

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Orany** — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- **Warnen** — German historical name recorded in English geographical references.
- **Oran** — Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references.
- **Varena** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Varėna for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Varėna** — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.

Other forms in use:

- **Orany** — Polish historical name for French archival matching; not a current French exonym.
- **Oran** — Jewish-community name useful in French Holocaust research; independent French prose frequency unverified.
- **Varena** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Varėna for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Varėna is a town in southern Lithuania and an administrative centre of the Dzūkija region. The surrounding forests are associated with mushroom gathering, which the town celebrates in a local festival.

## Notes

Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varėna ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varėna.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q835843](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q835843) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/varena/?format=json)


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