Feminine
Vienne
- (feminine) Vienna (the capital city and state of Austria)
- (feminine) Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
- (feminine) 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)
- (feminine) Vienne (a town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vjɛn/
Etymology
In summary
Of disputed origin. Perhaps from the Roman name, Latin Vindobona, 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”).
Related words
Wien River
Vienne River
Austrian capital
capital of Austria
République d’Autriche
Basse Autriche
Haute Autriche
Vienna
Wien
Viena
Viena
Wenen
Viena
Viyana
Βιέννη
فيينا
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