Vilnius

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See also: Vilníus

English

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Etymology

From Lithuanian Vìlnius, after the Vilnia River, from vilnis (wave).

Vilnius

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪlni.əs/, /ˈvɪlnjəs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Vilnius

  1. The capital city of Lithuania.
  2. (metonymically) The Lithuanian government.
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Translations

Afrikaans

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Proper noun

Vilnius

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Derived terms

Czech

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Etymology

Derived from Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vilnius m inan (related adjective vilniuský)

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Declension

Further reading

  • Vilnius”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius n

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Synonyms

Estonian

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Faroese

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius m

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Vilnius
Accusative Vilnius
Dative Vilniusi
Genitive Vilnius

French

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vilnius ?

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

German

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius n (proper noun, genitive Vilnius' or (with an article) Vilnius)

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Hungarian

 Vilnius on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: Vil‧ni‧us
  • Rhymes: -us

Proper noun

Vilnius

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Vilnius
accusative Vilniust
dative Vilniusnak
instrumental Vilniusszal
causal-final Vilniusért
translative Vilniusszá
terminative Vilniusig
essive-formal Vilniusként
essive-modal
inessive Vilniusban
superessive Vilniuson
adessive Vilniusnál
illative Vilniusba
sublative Vilniusra
allative Vilniushoz
elative Vilniusból
delative Vilniusról
ablative Vilniustól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Vilniusé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Vilniuséi
Possessive forms of Vilnius
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Vilniusom
2nd person sing. Vilniusod
3rd person sing. Vilniusa
1st person plural Vilniusunk
2nd person plural Vilniusotok
3rd person plural Vilniusuk

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vilnius ?

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)
    Synonym: Vilna

Lithuanian

Etymology

After the Vilnia River, from vilnis (wave).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vìlnius m (uncountable, related adjective vilnìškis, demonym vilniẽtis, female demonym vilniẽtė) stress pattern 1

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)
    1. Vilnius (a county of Lithuania)
      Vilniaus apskritis
      Vilnius County
    2. Vilnius (a city municipality of Lithuania)
      Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė
      Vilnius City Municipality
    3. Vilnius (a district municipality of Lithuania)
      Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė
      Vilnius District Municipality
  2. Vilnius (a village in Kupiškis District Municipality, Panevėžys County, Lithuania)

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Vilnius

  1. Alternative spelling of Vílnius

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian Vìlnius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vilnius m inan (genitive singular Vilniusu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Vilnius”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius n (genitive Vilnius)

  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)