Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus)

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Name (Hebrew)
פרוז'ני (בלארוס)
Name (Latin)
Pruz︠h︡any (Belarus)
Other forms of name
nnaa Pruzhany, White Russia
Pruzʹani (Belarus)
Pruzhana (Belarus)
Pruzshane (Belarus)
Pruzshene (Belarus)
nne Pruzhany (Byelorussian S.S.R.)
Pruzany (Belarus)
פרוזנא (בלארוס)
פרוז'נה (בלארוס)
Coordinates
24.46444444 24.46444444 52.55666667 52.55666667 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing place name
Prużana (Poland)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 131370809
Wikidata: Q956159
Library of congress: n 82071925
Sources of Information
  • Pruzʹani veha-sevivah, 1968?
  • Pinḳes fun der shṭoṭ Pruzshene, 1930:
  • Encyc. Judaica, 1971
  • Belarus. sav. ėntsykl., 1975:
  • GEOnet on WWW, 11/04/97
Wikipedia description:

Pruzhany (Belarusian: Пружаны, romanized: Pružany, IPA: [pruˈʐanɨ]; Russian: Пружаны; Polish: Prużana; Yiddish: פּרוזשענע, romanized: Pruzhene) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Pruzhany District. The town is located at the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal, where the Mukhavets River rises. As of 2024, it has a population of 18,994.

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