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Memel, a name derived from the Couronian-Latvian memelis, mimelis, mēms for "mute, silent", may refer to:

  • Memel, East Prussia, Germany, now Klaipėda, Lithuania
  • Neman River (German Memel), part of a river in East Prussia, Germany, mentioned in the Deutschlandlied (1841) as the eastern border of Germany
  • Nemunėlis River (German Memele, Latvian Mēmele) in northern Lithuania and southern Latvia
  • Memel, Free State, a village in the Free State Province of South Africa
  • SS Memel, a German cargo ship in service 1934–1945
  • The indigenous name of Goat Island, New South Wales, Australia