VILNA

Meaning of VILNA in English

ˈvilnə adjective

or vil·no -l(ˌ)nō

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from Vilna, Vilno (Vilnyus), Lithuania

: vilnyus

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

VILNA — Vilna [Lithuanian] npr Vilna, Wilno
Interlingua English vocab
VILNA — n. capital of Lithuania, Vilnius
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GAON OF VILNA — n. Elijah ben Solomon (1720-1797), one of the prominent Jewish spiritual leaders and scholar during the 18th century, one of …
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WILNO — Wilno [Polish] npr Wilno, Vilna
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MARTOV, L. — orig. Yuly Osipovich Tsederbaum born Nov. 24, 1873, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire died April 4, 1923, Berlin, Ger. Russian revolutionary. He …
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ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON — born April 23, 1720, Sielec, Lith., Russian Empire died Oct. 9, 1797, Vilna Lithuanian scholar and Jewish leader. Born into …
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BOGUSŁAWSKI, WOJCIECH — born April 9, 1757, Glinna, Pol. died July 23, 1829, Warsaw Polish actor, director, and playwright. He joined the Polish …
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VILNO — adjective see vilna
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GAON — ˈgäˌōn, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural ge·o·nim gāˈōnə̇m, ˌgāōˈnēm ; also gaons ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Hebrew gā'ōn majesty, excellence …
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VILNIUS — /vil"nee oos'/ , n. a city in and the capital of Lithuania, in the SE part: formerly in the Soviet …
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GAON
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ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON — n. Gaon of Vilna (1720-1797), one of the prominent Jewish spiritual leaders and scholar during the 18th century, one of …
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GAON — ( (Hebrew: excellency), ) plural Geonim, the title accorded to the Jewish spiritual leaders and scholars who headed Talmudic academies …
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ZUBATOV, SERGEY VASILYEVICH — born 1864, Moscow, Russia died March 15 [March 2, Old Style], 1917, Moscow tsarist colonel of the Russian gendarmes known …
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YIDDISH LANGUAGE
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: RELIGION
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VILNIUS — Russian Vilnyus, Polish Wilno, Russian (formerly) Vilna, city, capital of Lithuania, at the confluence of the Neris (Russian Viliya) and …
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TALMUD — (HebrewStudy, or Learning) in Judaism, scholarly interpretations and annotations on the Mishnathe first authoritative codification of Jewish oral laws, which …
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SUTZKEVER, ABRAHAM — born July 15, 1913, Smorgon, Russian Empire [now Smarhon, Belarus] also spelled Avrom Sutskever Yiddish-language poet whose works chronicle his …
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SOUTINE, CHAIM — born 1893/94?, Smilovichi, near Minsk, Russian Empire [now in Belarus] died Aug. 9, 1943, Paris, Fr. Russian-born French painter whose …
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SKARGA, PIOTR — born February 1536, Grjec, Masovia died Sept. 27, 1612, Krakw in full Piotr Skarga Poweski militant Jesuit preacher and writer, …
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MITNAGGED — also spelled Misnagid (Hebrew: Opponent), plural Mitnaggedim, or Misnagidim, member of a group of tradition-minded Jews who vigorously opposed the …
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MARTOV, L. — born Nov. 24, 1873, Constantinople died April 4, 1923, Berlin pseudonym of Yuly Osipovich Tsederbaum leader of the Mensheviks, the …
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LIVONIAN WAR — (155883), prolonged military conflict, during which Russia unsuccessfully fought Poland, Lithuania, and Sweden for control of greater Livoniathe area including …
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LITHUANIA — officially Republic of Lithuania, Lithuanian Lietuva, or Lietuvos Respublika country of northeastern Europe. Lithuania is bounded on the north by …
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KRASZEWSKI, JZEF IGNACY — born July 28, 1812, Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw [now in Poland] died March 19, 1887, Geneva, Switz. pseudonym Bogdan BolesLawita …
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KAMINSKA, IDA — born Sept. 4, 1899, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now in Ukraine] died May 21, 1980, New York, N.Y., U.S. Polish-born …
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JUDENRTE
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GRADE, CHAIM — born April 5, 1910, Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania] died June 26, 1982, New York, N.Y., U.S. Yiddish poet, …
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ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON — in full Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman, also called by the acronym Ha-gra, from Ha-gaon Rabbi Eliya-hu, also called Elijah Gaon …
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ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON — born April 23, 1720, Sielec, Lith., Russian Empire died Oct. 9, 1797, Vilna Lithuanian scholar and Jewish leader. Born into …
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