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# Fălești

A settlement in Moldova.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Făleşti** — Legacy Romanian typography with ş rather than the modern comma-below ș.
- **Faleshty** — Russian-based English form from Фалешты.
- **Faleshti** — English phonetic rendering of the Romanian name, using sh for ș.
- **Falesti** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Fălești for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Făleşti** — Legacy Romanian cedilla typography still encountered in French references.
- **Falești** — Partially deaccented spelling appearing in the French reference heading.
- **Falesti** — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Fălești for French retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.

## About

Fălești is a town in northwestern Moldova, west of Bălți. It is the administrative centre of its district and a local service centre for the surrounding farming communities.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q2078085](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2078085) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/moldova/falesti/?format=json)


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