Виница

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vinica, either related to *viti (“to wind, to curve”) or to *vino (“wine”) (of Germanic or Latin origin, but possibly from the same PIE root as the Slavic verb).

The Ukrainian city's name may alternatively stem from unrelated *věno (“bride's price”) (this etymology is diachronically possible only for the Ukrainian toponym), as the area on which the modern city stands were gifted by Duke Algirdas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to his nephew to govern over them. See History of Vinnytsia for further details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvinit͡sɐ]

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Proper noun

Ви́ница • (Vínica)

1. Vinica (toponym in various Slavic-speaking countries)
   1. Vinica (district and area of Varna, eastern Bulgaria)
   2. Vinica (village near Plovdiv, central Bulgaria)
   3. Vinica (town in eastern North Macedonia)
   4. Vinica (village in northwestern Croatia)
   5. Vinica (village in southeastern Slovenia)
   6. Vinica (village in southern Slovakia)
   7. Vinnytsia (city in central Ukraine, on the banks of Southern Bug)

Related terms

• ви́я (víja, “to wind, to curve”)
  • заво́й (zavój, “curve”), пово́й (povój, “arc”)
• ви́но (víno, “wine”)
  • ви́но-жи́то (víno-žíto, “rainbow”) (poetic term)
  • виногра́д (vinográd, “vineyard”) (obsolete)
  • вина́р (vinár, “winemaker”)
    • вина́рна (vinárna, “winery”)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvinit͡sa]

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Proper noun

Виница • (Vinica) f (relational adjective винички)

1. Vinica (a town in North Macedonia)
2. Vinnytsia (a city in Ukraine)

Derived terms

• виничанец m (viničanec), виничанка f (viničanka)