[4] The popular nickname Slabotkė is still in use, derived from the Polish name of the place, Słobódka Wiliampolska.

The word Wiliampolska is an adjective from "Wiliampol" ("Wilia town"), derived from the Slavic name of the nearby Neris river - Wilia; and "słobódka" means "little sloboda", i.e. 'little free settlement'.

Historically, it was the home of the Slabodka yeshiva, or Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael, and the main site of the Nazi-imposed Kaunas Ghetto, from 1943 the Kaunas concentration camp (KZ Kauen).

Two bridges across the Neris connect Vilijampolė with the main part of the city.

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