Vilnius

//ˈvɪlni.əs// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Lithuania.
  2. 2
    The Lithuanian government. metonymically

    "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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capital of lithuaniavilnavilnowilno

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"Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania."

Etymology

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

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