Vilnius
/ˈvɪlni.əs/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital city of Lithuania.
- 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."
Example
More examples"Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania."
Etymology
From Lithuanian Vi̇̀lnius, after the Vilnia River, from vilnis (“wave”).