Vientiane

Vientiane

English

Etymology

From French Vientiane, from Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˌɛntiˈɑːn/, /ˌvjɛnˈtjɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

Vientiane

1. The capital city of Laos.
   • 1978, Nixon, Richard, “Vice President 1953-1960”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, LCCN 77-87793, OCLC 760525066, OL 7561812M, page 122:

     From Saigon we flew to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, where I had a long meeting with Prince Souvanna Phouma, a young, Paris-educated member of the Laotian ruling family, who was then Prime Minister.

Translations

capital of Laos

Afrikaans: Vientiane Albanian: Vientiane Amharic: ቭየንትዬን (vəyäntəyen) Arabic: فِيَانْتِيَان‎ f (fiyantiyān) Armenian: Վիենտյան (Vientyan) Azerbaijani: Vyentyan Banjarese: Wiangcan Basque: Vientian Belarusian: Віенцья́н m (Vijencʹján) Bengali: ভিয়েনতিয়েন (bhiyentiyen) Bulgarian: Виентя́н m (Vientján) Burmese: ဗီယင်ကျန်း (biyangkyan:) Chechen: Вьентьян (Vʲentjan) Chinese: Cantonese: 永珍 (wing5 zan1) Mandarin: 萬象／万象 (zh) (Wànxiàng), 永珍 (zh) (Yǒngzhēn) (Taiwan) Chuvash: Вьентьян (Vʹentʹjan) Czech: Vientiane n, Vientian m Danish: Vientiane Dutch: Vientiane n Esperanto: Vjentiano (eo) Estonian: Vientiane (et) Finnish: Vientiane, Viangchan French: Vientiane (fr) f Galician: Vientiane (gl) Georgian: ვიენტიანი (vienṭiani) German: Vientiane (de) n, Vieng Chan n Greek: Βιεντιάν (el) f (Vientián) Hebrew: ויינטיאן \\ וְיֶנְטְיָאן‎ f (vientian) Hindi: विनतिएन m (vintien), व्यिंचन m (vyiñcan), वियेनतियेन m (viyentiyen) Hungarian: Vientián Icelandic: Vientiane Indonesian: Vientiane Italian: Vientiane (it) Japanese: ビエンチャン (Bienchan), ヴィエンチャン (Vienchan) Javanese: please add this translation if you can Kannada: ವಿಯೆನ್ ಟಿಯೇನ್ (viyen ṭiyēn) Kazakh: Вьентьян (Ventän) Khmer: វៀងច័ន្ទន៍ (viəngcan) Korean: 비엔티안 (ko) (Bientian) Kyrgyz: Вьентьян (Vʹyentʹyan) Lao: ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan), ຈັນ (chan) Latvian: Vjenčana f Lithuanian: Vientianas m Lü: ᦵᦞᧂᦶᦈᧃ (vengṫsaen) Macedonian: Виентијан m (Vientijan) Malagasy: Vientiane Malay: Vientiane Malayalam: വിയന്റിയൻ (viyanṟiyaṉ) Mon: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: Cyrillic: Вьентьян (Vʹjentʹjan) Navajo: Biʼang Chang Norwegian: Bokmål: Vientiane Oriya: please add this translation if you can Ossetian: Вьентьян (Vʹentʹjan) Pa'o Karen: ဝေင်ꩻဗီယန်ထျန်း Pashto: وېنتيان‎ m (wientyān) Persian: وینتیان‎ (ventiyân), وینتیان‎ (viyentiyân) Polish: Wientian (pl) m Portuguese: Vienciana f (Portugal), Vientiane (pt) f (Brazil) Romanian: Vientiane (ro) Russian: Вьентья́н (ru) m (Vʹjentʹján) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Вијентијан m Roman: Vientiane m, Vijentijan m Shan: please add this translation if you can Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can Slovak: Vientian m Slovene: Vientiane m Spanish: Vientián (es) m Swedish: Vientiane (sv) n Tagalog: Vientiane Tajik: Вентян (Ventyan), Вйентян (Vyentyan), Виентян (Viyentyan) Tamil: வியஞ்சான் (viyañcāṉ) Tatar: Вьентьян (W’yent’yan) Thai: เวียงจันทน์ (th) (wiiang-jan) Tibetan: ཝིན་ཆིའང (win chi'ng) Turkish: Vientiane Turkmen: Wýentýan Ukrainian: В'єнтья́н m (Vʺjentʹján) Urdu: وینتیان‎ m (viyantiyān) Uyghur: ۋېنتيان‎ (wëntyan) Uzbek: Ventyan Vietnamese: Viêng Chăn, Vạn Tượng (vi) (萬象) Yiddish: װיענטיאַן‎ n (vyentyan) Zhuang: Fanhyiengh

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• Viangchan

Etymology

From French Vientiane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋie̯ntiɑne/, [ˈʋie̞̯n̪t̪iˌɑne̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑne
• Syllabification^(key): Vien‧ti‧a‧ne

Proper noun

Vientiane

1. Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)

Usage notes

See usage notes for Viangchan

Declension

Inflection of Vientiane (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Vientiane	—
genitive		Vientianen	—
partitive		Vientianea	—
illative		Vientianeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Vientiane	—
accusative	nom.	Vientiane	—
	gen.	Vientianen
genitive		Vientianen	—
partitive		Vientianea	—
inessive		Vientianessa	—
elative		Vientianesta	—
illative		Vientianeen	—
adessive		Vientianella	—
ablative		Vientianelta	—
allative		Vientianelle	—
essive		Vientianena	—
translative		Vientianeksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Vientianetta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Vientiane (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Vientianeni	Vientianemme
2nd person	Vientianesi	Vientianenne
3rd person	Vientianensa

Derived terms

• vientianelainen

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French

Etymology

From Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛ̃.tjan/

Proper noun

Vientiane f

1. Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Vientiane f

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of Vienciana