Kvėdarna
Sign in to saveKvėdarna (Yiddish: כװידאן) is a town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1,597 people.
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Key facts
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- Kvėdarna
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- Town
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- KvėdarnosBažn.JPG
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- Lithuania Šilalė District Municipality
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- Kvedarnos seniunija (Silales rajono zemelapis).png
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- top
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- Location in Šilalė district municipality220px|center
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- Country
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- County
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- Tauragė
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- Municipality
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Хвейданы
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Šilalė District Municipality
- Population
- +1597
- Elevation
- +110
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- KvėdarnosBažn.JPG
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Kvėdarna (Yiddish: כװידאן) is a town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1,597 people.
The etymology of the name is unknown, there are close to no similar words in Lithuanian. The only guess is the name of the river "Kvėdainale" and the hypothetical shift 'i' -> 'r'.