Kėdainiai district municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to ...
Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
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, central Lithuania. It flows for 60.9 kilometres and has a basin area of 192.7 km2. It is a right tributary of the
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania. The Dotnuvelė course goes through Skėmiai, Gudžiūnai,
Mantviliškis
Mantviliškis is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It is located by the Dotnuvėlė
The Dotnuvėlė is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and Radviliškis district municipality, Kaunas ...
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Akademija
Akademija may refer to:
* Akademija, Kaunas, a town in Kaunas District Municipality, Kaunas County, Lithuania
* Akademija, Kėdainiai
Akademija (formerly pl, Akademia) is a town in the Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, central L ...
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Dotnuva
Dotnuva (formerly pl, Datnów, russian: Датновъ, Датново, Датнов, german: Dotnau) is a small town with a 2003 population of 775 in central Lithuania, 10 km northwest of Kėdainiai, in the Kėdainiai district municipality. ...
and meets the Nevėžis river in Kėdainiai.
The name ''Dotnuvėlė'' (formerly ''Dotnava'') could derive from the
PIE
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root *''dā-'' ('liquid, to flow') as sa, dānu ('liquid, drop'), os, дон ('river'), av, dā-nu- ('river, current'), etc.