Vienne

See also: vienne

English

Proper noun

Vienne

1. A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
2. A river in southwest France.
3. A city in the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Translations

department of France

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

river in France

• French: Vienne (fr) f
• 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)
• Occitan: Viana f

Anagrams

• evenin'

French

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛn/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Vienne f

1. Vienna (the capital city and state of Austria)
2. Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
3. Vienne (a left tributary of the Loire, in southwest France)
4. Vienne (a city in the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Derived terms

• viennois
• Viennois
• Viennoise
• Haute-Vienne

Descendants

• → Persian: وین (viyan)

See also

• (states of Austria) États d'Autriche; Basse-Autriche, Burgenland, Carinthie, Haute-Autriche, Salzbourg, Styrie, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienne ^{(Category: fr:States of Austria)}