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# Zarasai

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Jeziorosy** — Polish historical or community name recorded in regional references; English prose frequency unverified.
- **Jeziorosa** — Historical Polish map spelling explicitly quoted in English history.
- **Novoalexandrovsk** — Imperial Russian name used from 1836 until 1918 according to the checked history.
- **Novoaleksandrovsk** — Alternative English romanization of the imperial name, also printed in French history.
- **Ežerėnai** — Former Lithuanian official name used in 1919–1929; replaced by Zarasai in 1929.
- **Ezherene** — Yiddish-derived historical form explicitly quoted in English reference prose.
- **Ezerenai** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Ežerėnai for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Jeziorosy** — Polish historical name explicitly quoted in the French locality reference.
- **Jeziorosa** — Historical name explicitly printed in French history and older map references.
- **Novoaleksandrovsk** — Former imperial name explicitly printed in French history for 1836–1918.

## About

Zarasai is a town in northeastern Lithuania, surrounded by lakes near the Latvian border. It is a district centre with a long history as a market locality on routes across the eastern Baltic region.

## Notes

Imperial Novoalexandrovsk/Novoaleksandrovsk 1836–1918; Lithuanian Ežerėnai 1919–1929; Zarasai adopted 1929. French text has inconsistent early chronology, omitted from description. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarasai ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarasai.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q147750](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147750) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/zarasai/?format=json)


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