Wilno

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Polish exonym exonym historical city name

Wilno is the historical Polish name for Vilnius, a major cultural and political center of the region that served as an important city in the interwar Second Polish Republic.

Aliases (3)

Vilnius ×7
Vilna ×2
Wilna ×1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish exonym → exonym → historical city name →
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Jews → Lithuanians → Poles →
associatedWithRegion	Kresy Wschodnie →
associatedWithReligion	Judaism → Roman Catholicism →
capitalOf	Wilno Voivodeship →
country	Second Polish Republic →
culturalRole	center of Polish culture in the East (Kresy) →
currentOfficialName	Vilnius →
hasAlternativeName	Vilna → Vilnius → Wilna →
historicalAffiliation	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → Russian Empire → Second Polish Republic →
historicalEvent	incorporation into the Second Polish Republic after World War I → loss by Poland during and after World War II →
historicalLanguageOfAdministration	Polish (interwar period) →
historicalNameOf	Vilnius →
historicalRole	important city of the Second Polish Republic →
historicalStatus	disputed city between Poland and Lithuania in the interwar period →
language	Polish →
locatedIn	Eastern Europe → Vilnius Region →
notableFor	Polish–Lithuanian–Jewish cultural traditions → multicultural heritage →
partOf	Second Polish Republic →
presentDayCapitalOf	Lithuania →
presentDayCountry	Lithuania →
region	historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania →
significance	major cultural center → major political center →
timePeriod	interwar period →
typeOfToponym	historical Polish city name →
usedBy	Poles →
usedInPeriod	before World War II → interwar Second Polish Republic →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Wilno ("Vilnius") → Wilno ("Wilna") → Wilno ("Vilna") →	hasAlternativeName
Lithuania ("Vilnius") → Wilno Voivodeship →	capital
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research ("Vilna") → YIVO Institute for Jewish Research ("Vilnius") →	foundedIn
Eastern Europe ("Vilnius") → Wilno Voivodeship →	hasMajorCity
Wilno Voivodeship →	administrativeCenter
Kresy →	containsCity
Wilno ("Vilnius") →	currentOfficialName
Eastern Poland →	historicallyIncludedCity
Wilno ("Vilnius") →	historicalNameOf
Lithuania ("Vilnius") →	largestCity
Second Polish Republic →	majorCity
Wilno Voivodeship →	namedAfter