a city of the province of Wilna, in Russia, the capital of a circle of the same name, on the river Wilna. It contains one Lutheran and ten Catholic churches, is an old, well-built town, with 608 houses and 3200 inhabitants. It has some trade in linen, and, by the river, which runs to the Niemen, in corn. Long. 26. 53. 55. E. Lat. 54. 53. 30. N.