Wilno

[ veel-naw ]

noun

1. Polish name of Vilnius.

Wilno

/ ˈviːlnɔ /

noun

1. the Polish name for Vilnius

Example Sentences

After the war, the family settled in Wilno—now Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, but at the time a majority-Polish city.

From The New Yorker

Before the war Vilnius - Wilno to give it its Polish name, Vilna in the days of Russian imperial rule - was a part of northeast Poland.

From Reuters

Police said all the victims in the shooting in ­Wilno were women.

From Washington Post

In this year he became the leader of a considerable literary movement in Wilno.

From Project Gutenberg

A few weeks ago a very fine ballad was given me at Wilno—an historical one....

From Project Gutenberg