Vilnius (English spelling)

Japanese: ビルニュス（英語表記）Vilnius

The capital of the Republic of Lithuania, on the Baltic coast. In Russian it is called Vil'nyus. Formerly known as Wilno or Vilnia. Population 590,000 (1993). Located in the southeastern part of the republic, close to the border with Belarus, it spreads over the river terraces of the Neris River, a tributary of the Neman River, and the hills above it. It is an ancient city built by Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania around 1323, and consists of the old town centered on Gediminas Hill and the new town along the river. It is blessed with convenient land and water transportation, and in recent years new industries (machine tools, equipment, electrical products) have developed, making it the main industrial city of the republic, with the eastern industrial district of "New Vilnia" and many housing complexes in the suburbs.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

バルト海沿岸，リトアニア共和国の首都。ロシア語ではビリニュスVil’nyus。旧名ビルノWilno，ビルニャVilnia。人口59万(1993)。ベラルーシとの国境に近い共和国南東部，ネマン川支流ネリス川の河岸段丘とその上の丘陵に広がる。リトアニア大公ゲディミナスが1323年ころ築いた古都で，ゲディミナスの丘を中心とする旧市街と川沿いの新市街からなるが，水陸の交通の便にめぐまれ，とくに近年新しい工業(工作機械･器具，電気製品)が発展し，東部工業区の〈新ビルニャ〉や近郊の多くの住宅団地をかかえて共和国の主要な産業都市でもある。

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