Vilna

See also: vilna, vilnā, viļņa, and Viļņa

English

Proper noun

Vilna

1. Dated form of Vilnius: the capital city of Lithuania.
   • 2024, David Golinkin, “Does Jewish Law Require Yeshivah Students To Be Drafted At Age 18?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 66:

     There is a famous story about Rabbi Yisrael Salanter who ate on the Bimah in Vilna at the end of the Yom Kippur morning service in 1848 during a cholera epidemic, together with two other Dayyanim, to persuade the congregation to eat during the epidemic.

2. A village in Alberta, Canada.

Anagrams

• Alvin, Lavin, anvil, nival, vinal

Finnish

Etymology

From German Wilna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋilnɑ/, [ˈʋilnɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Vil‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Vil‧na

Proper noun

Vilna

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Declension

Inflection of Vilna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Vilna	—
genitive		Vilnan	—
partitive		Vilnaa	—
illative		Vilnaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Vilna	—
accusative	nom.	Vilna	—
	gen.	Vilnan
genitive		Vilnan	—
partitive		Vilnaa	—
inessive		Vilnassa	—
elative		Vilnasta	—
illative		Vilnaan	—
adessive		Vilnalla	—
ablative		Vilnalta	—
allative		Vilnalle	—
essive		Vilnana	—
translative		Vilnaksi	—
abessive		Vilnatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Vilna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vilnani — accusative nom. Vilnani — gen. Vilnani genitive Vilnani — partitive Vilnaani — inessive Vilnassani — elative Vilnastani — illative Vilnaani — adessive Vilnallani — ablative Vilnaltani — allative Vilnalleni — essive Vilnanani — translative Vilnakseni — abessive Vilnattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vilnasi — accusative nom. Vilnasi — gen. Vilnasi genitive Vilnasi — partitive Vilnaasi — inessive Vilnassasi — elative Vilnastasi — illative Vilnaasi — adessive Vilnallasi — ablative Vilnaltasi — allative Vilnallesi — essive Vilnanasi — translative Vilnaksesi — abessive Vilnattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vilnamme — accusative nom. Vilnamme — gen. Vilnamme genitive Vilnamme — partitive Vilnaamme — inessive Vilnassamme — elative Vilnastamme — illative Vilnaamme — adessive Vilnallamme — ablative Vilnaltamme — allative Vilnallemme — essive Vilnanamme — translative Vilnaksemme — abessive Vilnattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vilnanne — accusative nom. Vilnanne — gen. Vilnanne genitive Vilnanne — partitive Vilnaanne — inessive Vilnassanne — elative Vilnastanne — illative Vilnaanne — adessive Vilnallanne — ablative Vilnaltanne — allative Vilnallenne — essive Vilnananne — translative Vilnaksenne — abessive Vilnattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Vilnansa — accusative nom. Vilnansa — gen. Vilnansa genitive Vilnansa — partitive Vilnaansa — inessive Vilnassaan Vilnassansa — elative Vilnastaan Vilnastansa — illative Vilnaansa — adessive Vilnallaan Vilnallansa — ablative Vilnaltaan Vilnaltansa — allative Vilnalleen Vilnallensa — essive Vilnanaan Vilnanansa — translative Vilnakseen Vilnaksensa — abessive Vilnattaan Vilnattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• alvin, valin

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvil.na/
• Rhymes: -ilna
• Hyphenation: Vìl‧na

Proper noun

Vilna f

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

   Synonym: Vilnius

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.nɐ/ [ˈviʊ̯.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.nɐ/ [ˈviʊ̯.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈviw.na/ [ˈviʊ̯.na]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvil.nɐ/ [ˈviɫ.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvil.nɐ/ [ˈviɫ.nɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbil.nɐ/ [ˈbiɫ.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: Vil‧na

Proper noun

Vilna f

1. dated form of Vílnius: the capital city of Lithuania

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋìːlna/

Proper noun

Vílna f

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Vílna
genitive	Vílne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Vílna
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Vílne
dative (dajȃlnik)	Vílni
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Vílno
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Vílni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Vílno

Related terms

• Vílenčan / Vílenčanka
• vílenski

Further reading

• “Vilna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Vilna”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbilna/ [ˈbil.na]
• Rhymes: -ilna
• Syllabification: Vil‧na

Proper noun

Vilna f

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Derived terms

• vilnés