Vilnius

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Vilnius

  • /ˈvɪlni.əs/
  • /ˈvɪlnjəs/

Where it comes from

From Lithuanian Vi̇̀lnius, after the Vilnia River, from vilnis (“wave”).

proper noun

  1. The capital and largest city of Lithuania. Late on Monday night, flights were disrupted at Lithuania's main airport in the capital Vilnius, because of what the airports operator called a "hybrid attack carried out by Belarus", involving objects that appeared to resemble the shape of balloons.
  2. metonymically The Lithuanian government. Owner David Yeh says his Little-One bar -- a homophone to Lithuania's Mandarin name "Litaowan" -- started getting more attention last year after Vilnius became the first EU government to donate vaccines.

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name capital of Lithuania

EspañolVilna
한국어빌뉴스 Billyuseu
日本語ビリニュス Birinyusu
中文維爾紐斯 /维尔纽斯 Wéi'ěrniǔsī
हिन्दीविल्नियस vilniyas
PortuguêsVílnius, Vilna
FrançaisVilnius
DeutschVilnius, Wilna
ItalianoVilnius, Vilna
ΕλληνικάΒίλνιους Vílnious
RomânăVilnius
РусскийВи́льнюс Vílʹnjus, Ви́льна Vílʹna, Ви́льно Vílʹno
Tiếng ViệtVin-ni-út
العربيةفِيلْنْيُوس filnyūs
עבריתוִילְנָה vílna

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@misc{vilnius_2026,
  title = {Vilnius},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vilnius},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}