Kaunas

English

Proper noun

Kaunas

The second largest city of Lithuania.

Translations

city

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: Կաունաս (hy) (Kaunas)
Belarusian: Ко́ўна n (Kóŭna), Ка́ўнас m (Káŭnas)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 考納斯 / 考纳斯 (zh) (Kǎonàsī), 考那斯 (Kǎonàsī),
Czech: Kaunas m
Danish: Kaunas
Dutch: Kaunas n
Esperanto: Kaŭno
Finnish: Kaunas (fi)
French: Kaunas (fr) m
Georgian: კაუნასი (ḳaunasi)
German: Kauen (de) n, Kaunas (de) n
Greek: Κάουνας (el) n (Káounas)
Hebrew: קובנה m (kóvna)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: Kaunas (hu)
Icelandic: Kaunas n
Italian: Kaunas m
Japanese: カウナス (kaunasu)
Korean: 카우나스 (kaunaseu)
Latvian: Kauņa
Lithuanian: Kaunas (lt) m
Old Ruthenian: Ко́вно n (Kóvno)
Polish: Kowno (pl) n
Portuguese: Kaunas f
Russian: Ка́унас (ru) m (Káunas), (obsolete) Ко́вно n (Kóvno)
Samogitian: Kauns
Spanish: Kaunas (es) m
Swedish: Kaunas (sv)
Ukrainian: Ка́унас m (Káunas), (obsolete) Ко́вно n (Kóvno)
Vietnamese: Kaunas
Yiddish: קאָוונע f (kovne)

Anagrams

Anuaks, Aukans, Unakas

Lithuanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɒʊˑnɐs]
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Hyphenation: Kau‧nas

Proper noun

Kaũnas m (uncountable, demonym kauniẽtis or kauni̇̀škis, female demonym kauniẽtė or kauni̇̀škė) stress pattern 2

Kaunas (a city in Lithuania)
1. Kaunas (a county of Lithuania)
2. Kaunas (a city municipality in Lithuania)
3. Kaunas (a district municipality of Lithuania)

Declension

Declension of **Kaũnas**
nominative	Kaũnas
genitive	Kaũno
dative	Kaũnui
accusative	Kaũną
instrumental	Kaunù
locative	Kaunè
vocative	Kaũne

Further reading

“Kaunas”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
“Kaunas” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kaunas f

Kaunas (a city in Lithuania)