Iŭje
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Iŭje (Belarusian: Іўе, [iʊje], Polish: Iwje, Lithuanian: Vija; German: Iwje) is a town and former shtetl in Belarus in the Hrodna Province, 158 km east of Hrodna. It is a station on the railway line between Lida and Maładečna. The population of Iŭje is 8,900 (1995).
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The source of the name of the town is not clear enough. According to one version, the town carries the name of one of the counts of the Zamojski family (the land-owners of the town) who was called Ivan. In another version, the town draws its name from the owner of a mill in very early times--Ivok; or even from the name of the stream that cuts through the town--Ivyenka (although it could also be the opposite: that the river took its name from the town).
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