| Vilnia River | |
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| Origin | 5 km south of Šumskas |
| Mouth | Neris River |
| Basin countries | Lithuania, Belarus |
| Length | 80 km |
Vilnia (also Vilnelė; Belarusian: Вільня/Vilnia, IPA: ['vʲilʲnʲa]; Polish: Wilejka, Wilenka) is a river in Lithuania. Its source is near the village Vindžiūnai, 5 km south of Šumskas, at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. Vilnia is 80 km long and its basin covers 624 sq. km. It flows into the Neris River in Vilnius. The name of the river derives from the Lithuanian language word vilnis ("a surge") or vilnyti ("to surge"). The city's name Vilnius probably has derived from its name. Vilnelė, the diminutive form of the original hydronym Vilnia, came into popular use in Lithuanian and largely replaced the latter because of the influence of the Polish name Wilenka.
