occasionally spelled in English as "Yelgava", a back-transliteration from Russian Елгава. Settlement began developing in the Mitau locality between the rivers Lielupe...

Mintauja (Old Lithuanian)*, Mitau (German)*, Mitava - Митава* / Jelgava - Елгава* (Russian), Mitawa (Polish)* Jena Iéna (French)*, Iena (Portuguese*, Romanian*)...