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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Vilnius, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius, Trakai, Geographical midpoint of Europe, Ei i k s, List of Vilnius-related people, Ukmerg, Rasos Cemetery, Vilnius Marathon, Vilniaus autobusai, ven ionys, Lithuania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Luki k s Prison, Bernardine Cemetery, Lentvaris, Vievis, National Museum of Lithuania, Vilnius Tram Project, Trolleybuses in Vilnius, Antakalnis Cemetery, Elektr nai, Nemen in, Vilnia River, al ininkai, Kaziuko mug, Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius Jazz Festival, Coat of arms of Vilnius, Verkiai Regional Park, R di k s, Miss Lithuania 2010, irvintos, Pabrad, ven ion liai, Grigi k s, Baltoji Vok, Vilnius Declaration, Polish Radio Wilno, Vilnius group, Vilno Military District, Cantemus Chamber Choir, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Green Lakes. Excerpt: Vilnius (, see also other names) is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 (850,324 together with Vilnius County) as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County. The first known written record of Vilnius as the Lithuanian capital is know form Gediminas' letters in 1323. The name of the city originated from the Vilnia River. The city has also been known by many derivate spellings in various languages throughout its history. The most notable non-Lithuanian names for the city include: Polish: , Belarusian: , German: , Latvian: , Russian:, Yiddish: . An older Russian name was / (Vilna/Vilno), although (Vilnius) is now used. The names Wilno, Wilna and Vilna have also been used in older English, German, French and Italian language publications. The name Vilna ( ) is still used in Finnish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Hebrew. Vilnius elderates have al...