Wilno
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In the initial chaos, he fled Warsaw and took a circuitous route back to Wilno, which was momentarily free, because Lithuania was still independent.
From The New Yorker ● May 22, 2017
Postwar Poland, newly independent after more than a century of tsarist rule, experienced a sudden surge of chauvinist pride and annexed much of Lithuania, including Wilno.
From The New Yorker ● May 22, 2017
As the negotiations continued, there was talk in Moscow that Russia would return a part of the city and province of Wilno to Lithuania.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who could forget "The Great Wilno," a leather-clad stuntman who in 1929 was shot out of a cannon over the heads of startled spectators.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prince was with the Knights of the Cross, and every year they used to make an expedition against Lithuania, as far as Wilno.
From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.
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