Vienne

See also: vienne

English

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Vienne

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Vienne

A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital and largest city: Poitiers.
A left tributary of the Loire in southwest France, flowing through the departments of Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire.
A town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Translations

department of France

Catalan: Viena (ca)
French: Vienne (fr) f
German: Vienne (de)
Italian: Vienne (it) f
Japanese: ヴィエンヌ (Viennu)
Korean: 비엔주 (Bien-ju)
Marathi: व्ह्येन (vhyen)
Occitan: Vinhana f
Spanish: Vienne f, Viena (es) f
West Frisian: Fienne n

river in France

French: Vienne (fr) f
Marathi: व्ह्येन f (vhyen)
Occitan: Vinhana f
West Frisian: Fienne n

city in Isère, France

Catalan: Viena del Delfinat
French: Vienne (fr) f
Japanese: ヴィエンヌ (Viennu)
Korean: 비엔 (Bien)
Marathi: व्ह्येन (vhyen)
Occitan: Viana f

Anagrams

evenin'

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Vienne

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Of disputed origin. Perhaps from the Roman name, Latin Vindobona,^[1] or possibly from a Celtic word *Veduna (“forest stream”), which would justify the phonetic evolution into the modern french form. Compare Proto-Celtic *widus (“woodland”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vjɛn/
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Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Vienne f

Vienna (the capital city and state of Austria)
Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Vienne (a left tributary of the Loire in southwest France, flowing through the departments of Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire)
Vienne (a town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Persian: وین (viyan)

References

^ Natascha Scott-Stokes, Rainer Eisenschmid: Vienna, p. 23
^ Peter Csendes: Das Werden Wiens – Die siedlungsgeschichtlichen Grundlagen, in: id. and F. Oppl (edd.): Wien – Geschichte einer Stadt von den Anfängen zur Ersten Türkenbelagerung. Böhlau, Vienna 2001, pp. 55–94, here p. 57; Peter Pleyel: Das römische Österreich. Pichler, Vienna 2002, →ISBN, p. 83; Martin Mosser and Karin Fischer-Ausserer (edd.): Judenplatz. Die Kasernen des römischen Legionslagers. (= Wien Archäologisch. Band 5). Museen der Stadt Wien – Stadtarchäologie, Vienna 2008, p. 11.

[1] Natascha Scott-Stokes, Rainer Eisenschmid: Vienna, p. 23

[2] Peter Csendes: Das Werden Wiens – Die siedlungsgeschichtlichen Grundlagen, in: id. and F. Oppl (edd.): Wien – Geschichte einer Stadt von den Anfängen zur Ersten Türkenbelagerung. Böhlau, Vienna 2001, pp. 55–94, here p. 57; Peter Pleyel: Das römische Österreich. Pichler, Vienna 2002, →ISBN, p. 83; Martin Mosser and Karin Fischer-Ausserer (edd.): Judenplatz. Die Kasernen des römischen Legionslagers. (= Wien Archäologisch. Band 5). Museen der Stadt Wien – Stadtarchäologie, Vienna 2008, p. 11.

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