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# Vilkaviškis

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Vilkavishkis** — English phonetic rendering using sh for š; not the official Lithuanian spelling.
- **Wyłkowyszki** — Historical Polish name quoted in English regional history and genealogical references.
- **Wilkowyszki** — Historical spelling without ł, recorded in English name lists.
- **Wilkowischken** — German historical name used in English Baltic history.
- **Vilkovishk** — Yiddish-derived name used in Jewish historical and genealogical references; not the modern civic name.
- **Vilkaviskis** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Vilkaviškis for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
- **Wylkowyszki** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Wyłkowyszki for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Vilkaviškis** — Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.

Other forms in use:

- **Wyłkowyszki** — Polish historical name useful in French regional or Jewish-history references; not a separate French exonym.
- **Wilkowischken** — German historical name used for French Baltic-history retrieval; French prose frequency unverified.
- **Vilkovishk** — Jewish historical name for retrieval in French-language sources; exact frequency in French prose is unverified.
- **Vilkaviskis** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Vilkaviškis for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.
- **Wylkowyszki** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Wyłkowyszki for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Vilkaviškis is a town at the meeting of the Šeimena and Vilkauja rivers in southwestern Lithuania. It is a district centre with a prominent Catholic cathedral.

## Notes

Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilkaviškis ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilkaviškis.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q852272](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852272) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/vilkaviskis/?format=json)


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