Vilnius

See also: Vilníus

English

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Vilnius

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlni.əs/, /ˈvɪlnjəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Proper noun

Vilnius

2. The capital city of Lithuania.
3. (metonymic) The Lithuanian government.
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Translations

capital of Lithuania

Afrikaans: Vilnius Albanian: Vilnius (sq) m Amharic: ቪልኒውስ (vilniws) Arabic: فِيلْنْيُوس f (filnyūs) Armenian: Վիլնյուս (Vilnyus) Asturian: Vilnius (ast) Azerbaijani: Vilnüs (az) Belarusian: Ві́льнюс m (Vílʹnjus), Ві́льня f (Vílʹnja) (dated) Bengali: ভিলনিউস (bn) (bhilonius), ভিলনিয়াস (bn) (bhilniẏaś) Bulgarian: Ви́лнюс m (Vílnjus) Carpathian Rusyn: Ві́льно n (Vílʹno) Catalan: Vílnius Chinese: Cantonese: 維爾紐斯 / 维尔纽斯 (wai4 ji5 nau2 si1) Mandarin: 維爾紐斯 / 维尔纽斯 (zh) (Wéi'ěrniǔsī) Czech: Vilnius (cs) m Danish: Vilnius (da) n Dutch: Vilnius n Esperanto: Vilno (eo) Estonian: Vilnius (et) Faroese: Vilnius m Finnish: Vilna (fi) French: Vilnius (fr) m Georgian: ვილნიუსი (ka) (vilniusi) German: Vilnius (de) n, Wilna (de) n Greek: Βίλνιους (el) f (Vílnious) Hebrew: וִילְנָה f (vílna) Hindi: विल्नियस (vilniyas) Hungarian: Vilnius (hu) Icelandic: Vilníus n Indonesian: Vilnius Irish: Vilnias m Italian: Vilnius m, Vilna f Japanese: ビリニュス (ja) (Birinyusu) Karaim: Вилнә, Vil'nia Kashubian: Wilno n Kazakh: Вильнюс (Vilnüs) Khmer: វីលនីស (viilniih), វីលីនីស (viiliiniih) Korean: 빌뉴스 (Billyuseu), 윌뉴스 (ko) (willyuseu) (North Korea) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Vilnius Kyrgyz: Вильнюс (Vilnyus) Lao: ວີນນີອຸສ (wīn nī ʼus) Latvian: Viļņa (lv) f Lithuanian: Vilnius (lt) m Macedonian: Вилнус m (Vilnus) Malay: Vilnius Maltese: Vilnjus Mongolian: Cyrillic: Вильнюс (Vilʹnjüs) Norwegian: Bokmål: Vilnius (no) Pashto: وېلنيوس m (welnyus) Persian: ویلنیوس (vilnyus) Pitcairn-Norfolk: Vilnius Polish: Wilno (pl) n Portuguese: Vílnius, Vilna (dated) Romanian: Vilnius (ro) Russian: Ви́льнюс (ru) m (Vílʹnjus), Ви́льна f (Vílʹna) (dated), Ви́льно (ru) n (Vílʹno) (dated) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Виљњус m Roman: Vilnius m Silesian: Vilnius m Slovak: Vilnius (sk) m Slovene: Vilna f Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: Vilnius m Spanish: Vilna (es) f Swedish: Vilnius (sv) n Tajik: Вилнюс (Vilnyus) Tamil: வில்னியஸ் (vilṉiyas) Tatar: Вильнюс (Wilʹnyus) Thai: วิลนีอุส (wil-nii-ús) Turkish: Vilnüs (tr) Turkmen: Wilnius Ukrainian: Ві́льнюс (uk) m (Vílʹnjus); Ві́льно n (Vílʹno), Ви́льно n (Výlʹno), Ві́льна f (Vílʹna) (dated) Urdu: ویلنیوس m (vilnyus) Uyghur: ۋىلنيۇس (wilnyus) Uzbek: Vilnyus Vietnamese: Vin-ni-út Yiddish: ווילנע n (vilne)

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Vilnius

Wikipedia ^af

Proper noun

Vilnius

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Derived terms

• Vilniusse
• Vilniusser

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Vilnius

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Derived from Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪlnɪjus]

Proper noun

Vilnius m inan (relational adjective vilniuský)

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Declension

Declension of Vilnius (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Vilnius
genitive	Vilniusu
dative	Vilniusu
accusative	Vilnius
vocative	Vilniuse
locative	Vilniusu
instrumental	Vilniusem

Further reading

• “Vilnius”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Vilnius

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius n

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Synonyms

• Wilnioes (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /vil.njys/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Vilnius ?

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

German

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

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): [ˈvilnijus]
• 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

• vilniusi

Italian

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvil.njus/
• Rhymes: -ilnjus
• Hyphenation: Vìl‧nius

Proper noun

Vilnius ?

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

   Synonym: Vilna

Lithuanian

Lithuanian Wikipedia has articles on:

Vilnius and Vilnius (Kupiškis)

Wikipedia ^ltWikipedia ^lt

Etymology

After the Vilnia River, from vilnis (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Vil‧nius

Proper noun

Vi̇̀lnius m (uncountable, relational adjective vilni̇̀škis, 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

Declension of Vi̇̀lnius

nominative	Vi̇̀lnius
genitive	Vi̇̀lniaus
dative	Vi̇̀lniui
accusative	Vi̇̀lnių
instrumental	Vi̇̀lniumi
locative	Vi̇̀lniuje
vocative	Vi̇̀lniau

Further reading

• “Vilnius” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Lithuanian Vilnius.

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvil.niwʃ/ [ˈviɫ.niwʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvil.niwʃ/ [ˈviɫ.niwʃ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbil.niwʃ/ [ˈbiɫ.niwʃ]

Proper noun

Vilnius ?

1. alternative spelling of Vílnius

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian Vi̇̀lnius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvilni̯us]

Proper noun

Vilnius m inan (relational adjective vilniuský, demonym Vilniusan, female demonym Vilniusanka)

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Declension

Declension of Vilnius
(pattern dub)

	singular
nominative	Vilnius
genitive	Vilniusu
dative	Vilniusu
accusative	Vilnius
locative	Vilniuse
instrumental	Vilniusom

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, 2003–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Lithuanian Vilnius.

Proper noun

Vilnius n (genitive Vilnius)

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)