Švenčionys (pronunciationⓘ; known also by several alternative names) is a city in eastern Lithuania, and capital of the Švenčionys district municipality, located 84 kilometers (52 mi) north of Vilnius. As of 2020, it had a population of 4,065 of which about 17% were part of the Polish minority in Lithuania. There are two established hypotheses about the etymology of the Švenčionys name: one that it is the name of the nearby lake Šventas (literally: saint) with the addition of the Lithuanian suffix -onys; another is that it is derived from the personal name, Švenčionis. In other languages the name is rendered as Polish: Święciany, Belarusian: Свянця́ны/Svianciany, Russian: Свентя́ны/Sventiany, Yiddish: סווינציאַן, romanized: Svintsyán, and German: Schwintzen. More information...
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