វៀង

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Khmer[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reborrowed from Thai เวียง (wiiang), from Old Khmer vāṅ, vāṅṅ, vaṅ (“enclosure, citadel, stronghold, palace”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa(a)ŋ (“enclosure”). Doublet of វាំង (vĕəng, “to enclose, citadel, place”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic វៀង
viaṅ
WT romanisation viəng
(standard) IPA(key) /ʋiəŋ/

Noun[edit]

វៀង • (viəng)

  1. walled town, city wall
  2. capital, metropolis
  3. palace
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