"Vilnius" meaning in Lithuanian

See Vilnius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] Audio: Lt-Vilnius.oga
Etymology: After the Vilnia River, from vilnis (“wave”). Head templates: {{head|lt|proper noun|uncountable|||||{{{f}}}||{{{nee}}}||{{{m}}}|relational adjective|vilnìškis||{{{adj2}}}||{{{dim}}}||{{{dim2}}}|demonym|vilniẽtis||{{{dem2}}}|female demonym|vilniẽtė||{{{fdem2}}}|g=m|head=Vìlnius}} Vi̇̀lnius m (uncountable, relational adjective vilni̇̀škis, demonym vilniẽtis, female demonym vilniẽtė), {{lt-proper noun|m|1|adj=vilnìškis|dem=vilniẽtis|fdem=vilniẽtė|head=Vìlnius|pl=-}} Vi̇̀lnius m (uncountable, relational adjective vilni̇̀škis, demonym vilniẽtis, female demonym vilniẽtė) stress pattern 1 Forms: Vi̇̀lnius [canonical, masculine, stress-pattern-1], vilni̇̀škis [adjective, relational], vilniẽtis [demonym], vilniẽtė [demonym, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Vi̇̀lnius [nominative], Vi̇̀lniaus [genitive], Vi̇̀lniui [dative], Vi̇̀lnių [accusative], Vi̇̀lniumi [instrumental], Vi̇̀lniuje [locative], Vi̇̀lniau [vocative]
  1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)
    Vilnius (a county of Lithuania)
    Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Lithuania, Counties of Lithuania, Places in Lithuania
    Sense id: en-Vilnius-lt-name-fBFJL-5U Categories (other): National capitals
  2. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)
    Vilnius (a city municipality of Lithuania)
    Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Lithuania, Places in Lithuania
    Sense id: en-Vilnius-lt-name-6kR5u1DH Categories (other): National capitals
  3. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)
    Vilnius (a district municipality of Lithuania)
    Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Lithuania, Municipalities of Lithuania, Places in Lithuania
    Sense id: en-Vilnius-lt-name-MuDzlMwc Categories (other): National capitals
  4. Vilnius (a village in Kupiškis District Municipality, Panevėžys County, Lithuania) Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Places in Lithuania, Villages in Lithuania
    Sense id: en-Vilnius-lt-name-LcwEmge~ Categories (other): Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 21 37

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lnius",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine",
        "stress-pattern-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilni̇̀škis",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilniẽtis",
      "tags": [
        "demonym"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilniẽtė",
      "tags": [
        "demonym",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lnius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lniaus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lniui",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lnių",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lniumi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lniuje",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lniau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "11": "",
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        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{adj2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{dim}}}",
        "19": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "20": "{{{dim2}}}",
        "21": "demonym",
        "22": "vilniẽtis",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{dem2}}}",
        "25": "female demonym",
        "26": "vilniẽtė",
        "27": "",
        "28": "{{{fdem2}}}",
        "3": "uncountable",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{f}}}",
        "9": "",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "Vìlnius"
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  "lang_code": "lt",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "capital city",
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          "Lithuania#English"
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          "county"
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          "kind": "place",
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        "Vilnius (a district municipality of Lithuania)"
      ],
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        [
          "Vilnius",
          "Vilnius#English"
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        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
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        [
          "Lithuania",
          "Lithuania#English"
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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          "kind": "place",
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          "name": "Places in Lithuania",
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          "parents": [
            "Places"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "lt",
          "name": "Villages in Lithuania",
          "orig": "lt:Villages in Lithuania",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places"
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          "_dis": "21 21 21 37",
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      ],
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        "Vilnius (a village in Kupiškis District Municipality, Panevėžys County, Lithuania)"
      ],
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        [
          "Vilnius",
          "Vilnius#English"
        ],
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          "village",
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          "Kupiškis",
          "Kupiškis#English"
        ],
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          "Panevėžys",
          "Panevėžys#English"
        ],
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          "Lithuania",
          "Lithuania#English"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs]"
    },
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      "audio": "Lt-Vilnius.oga",
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "Lithuanian lemmas",
    "Lithuanian masculine nouns",
    "Lithuanian proper nouns",
    "Lithuanian uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 15 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "After the Vilnia River, from vilnis (“wave”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lnius",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine",
        "stress-pattern-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilni̇̀škis",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilniẽtis",
      "tags": [
        "demonym"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilniẽtė",
      "tags": [
        "demonym",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lnius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lniaus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lniui",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vi̇̀lnių",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Vi̇̀lniumi",
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        "instrumental"
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      "form": "Vi̇̀lniuje",
      "source": "declension",
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        "locative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "23": "",
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        "Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)",
        "Vilnius (a city municipality of Lithuania)"
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      "ipa": "[ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs]"
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}

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