English

Proper noun

Vilna

1. Dated form of Vilnius.
2. A village in Alberta, Canada.

Finnish

Proper noun

Vilna

1. Vilnius.

Declension

Anagrams

• alvin, valin

Portuguese

Proper noun

Vilna f

1. Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Synonyms

• Vilnius

Spanish

Proper noun

Vilna f

1. Vilnius (capital of Lithuania)

Latvian

Noun

vilna m

1. (dialectal form) genitive singular form of vilns

Etymology 2

Aitas vilna (1)

Vilnas dzija (2)

From Proto-Baltic *wilnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian vìlna, Old Prussian wilna, wilnis ‎(“skirt [< made of wool]”), Old East Slavic вълна ‎(vŭlna), Russian dialectal во́лна ‎(vólna, “wool, woolen fabric”), Belarusian во́ўна ‎(vóŭna), Ukrainian во́вна ‎(vóvna), Bulgarian въ́лна ‎(vǎ́lna), Czech vlna, Slovak vlna, Polish wełna, Proto-Germanic *wullō (Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 ‎(wulla), Old High German wolla, German Wolle, English wool), Hittite ḫulana-, Sanskrit ऊर्णा ‎(ū́rṇā) (from *ul̥), Ancient Greek λῆνος ‎(lênos) (Doric λᾶνος ‎(lânos), Latin lāna (Spanish, Italian lana, Romanian lână, Portuguese lã).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vīlna]

Noun

vilna f (4th declension)

1. wool (the hair of certain animals (especially sheep)

   aitas vilna‎ ― sheep wool

   bieza, gara vilna‎ ― thick, long wool

   cirpt vilnu‎ ― to shear wool

   kārst vilnu‎ ― to card wool

   vērpt vilnu‎ ― to spin wool

2. wool (something made of this animal hair: yarn, fabric, clothes)

   vilnas dzija, audums‎ ― wool yarn, fabric

   vilnas cimdi, zeķes, sega‎ ― wool gloves, socks, blanket

   vilnas lakats, kleita‎ ― wool scarf, dress

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vilna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun

vìlna f (accent paradigm 1)

1. wool

Declension