Meanings
- 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.
2026 September 22, Tabby Wilson, “Lithuania ready to 'fight back' but has evacuation plans in face of Russia threats, PM tells BBC”, in BBC News, retrieved 22 Sep 2026 - metonymicallyThe 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.
2022 March 9, “'Lithuania mania' sweeps Taiwan as China spat sizzles”, in France 24, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022
Origin
- LithuanianVi̇̀lnius
- EnglishVilnius
From Lithuanian Vi̇̀lnius, after the Vilnia River, from vilnis (“wave”).
More words from Lithuanian
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Afrikaans Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Arabic فِيلْنْيُوس
- فِيلْنْيُوس (filnyūs)capital of Lithuania
Bengali ভিলনিউস, ভিলনিয়াস
- ভিলনিউস (bhilonius)capital of Lithuania
- ভিলনিয়াস (bhilniẏaś)capital of Lithuania
Bulgarian Ви́лнюс
- Ви́лнюс (Vílnjus)capital of Lithuania
Catalan Vílnius
- Vílniuscapital of Lithuania
Chinese Cantonese 維爾紐斯 /维尔纽斯
- 維爾紐斯 /维尔纽斯 (wai⁴ ji⁵ nau² si¹)capital of Lithuania
Chinese Mandarin 維爾紐斯 /维尔纽斯
- 維爾紐斯 /维尔纽斯 (Wéi'ěrniǔsī)capital of Lithuania
Czech Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Danish Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Dutch Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Esperanto Vilno
- Vilnocapital of Lithuania
Estonian Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Finnish Vilna
- Vilnacapital of Lithuania
French Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
German Vilnius, Wilna
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
- Wilnacapital of Lithuania
Greek Βίλνιους
- Βίλνιους (Vílnious)capital of Lithuania
Hebrew וִילְנָה
- וִילְנָה (vílna)capital of Lithuania
Hindi विल्नियस
- विल्नियस (vilniyas)capital of Lithuania
Hungarian Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Icelandic Vilníus
- Vilníuscapital of Lithuania
Indonesian Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Irish Vilnias
- Vilniascapital of Lithuania
Italian Vilnius, Vilna
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
- Vilnacapital of Lithuania
Japanese ビリニュス
- ビリニュス (Birinyusu)capital of Lithuania
Korean 빌뉴스, 윌뉴스
- 빌뉴스 (Billyuseu)capital of Lithuania
- 윌뉴스 (willyuseu)capital of Lithuania
Latvian Viļņa
- Viļņacapital of Lithuania
Lithuanian Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Malay Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Norwegian Bokmål Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Persian ویلنیوس
- ویلنیوس (vilnyus)capital of Lithuania
Polish Wilno
- Wilnocapital of Lithuania
Portuguese Vílnius, Vilna
- Vílniuscapital of Lithuania
- Vilnacapital of Lithuania
Romanian Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Russian Ви́льнюс, Ви́льна
- Ви́льнюс (Vílʹnjus)capital of Lithuania
- Ви́льна (Vílʹna)capital of Lithuania
- Ви́льно (Vílʹno)capital of Lithuania
Slovak Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Spanish Vilna
- Vilnacapital of Lithuania
Swedish Vilnius
- Vilniuscapital of Lithuania
Tamil வில்னியஸ்
- வில்னியஸ் (vilṉiyas)capital of Lithuania
Thai วิลนีอุส
- วิลนีอุส (wil-nii-ús)capital of Lithuania
Turkish Vilnüs
- Vilnüscapital of Lithuania
Ukrainian Ві́льнюс, Ві́льно
- Ві́льнюс (Vílʹnjus)capital of Lithuania
- Ві́льно (Vílʹno)capital of Lithuania
- Ви́льно (Výlʹno)capital of Lithuania
- Ві́льна (Vílʹna)capital of Lithuania
Urdu ویلنیوس
- ویلنیوس (vilnyus)capital of Lithuania
Vietnamese Vin-ni-út
- Vin-ni-útcapital of Lithuania
Yiddish ווילנע
- ווילנע (vilne)capital of Lithuania
Cite this entry
Vilnius. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vilnius
“Vilnius.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vilnius. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vilnius,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vilnius.
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