Vilnia River

Vilnia River

Infobox River
river_name = Vilnia River



caption = Vilnia River in Vilnius
origin = 5 km south of Šumskas
mouth = Neris River
basin_countries = Lithuania, Belarus
length = 80 km
elevation =
mouth_elevation =
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Vilnia (also "Vilnelė"; _be. "Вільня/Vilnia", IPA2|'vʲilʲnʲa; _pl. Wilejka, Wilenka) is a river in Lithuania. Its source is near the village Vindžiūnai, 5 km south of Šumskas, at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. Vilnia is 80 km long and its basin covers 624 sq. km. It flows into the Neris River in Vilnius.

The name of the river derives from the Lithuanian language word "vilnis" ("a surge") or "vilnyti" ("to surge"). The city's name "Vilnius" probably has derived from its name.

"Vilnelė", the diminutive form of the original hydronym "Vilnia", came into popular use in Lithuanian and largely replaced the latter because of the influence of the Polish name "Wilenka".


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