Vienne

See also: vienne

English

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Vienne, Isère

Wikipedia

Borrowed from French Vienne, from Classical Latin Vienna, further etymology uncertain.

Doublet of Vienna.

Proper noun

Vienne

A town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Synonym: Vienna (ancient name)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

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

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Vienne (river)

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Vienne (department)

Wikipedia

Borrowed from French Vienne, possibly from *vig-, with a pre-Celtic suffix -ara (see Vienne (affluent de la Loire)#Étymologie on French Wikipedia). The department was named after the river.

Proper noun

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.
A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital and largest city: Poitiers.

Related terms

Translations

river in France

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

department of France

Catalan: Viena (ca)
French: Vienne (fr) f
Frisian:
West Frisian: Fienne n
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

Anagrams

evenin'

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Vienne

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vjɛn/
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Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

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]

Proper noun

Vienne f

Vienna (the capital and largest city of Austria)

Derived terms

viennois (adjective)
Viennois, Viennois (noun)

Descendants

→ Iranian Persian: وین (viyan)

Etymology 2

From Classical Latin Vienna, further etymology uncertain.

Proper noun

Vienne f

Vienne (a town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Derived terms

viennois (adjective)
Viennois (“Viennois”, proper noun)
Viennois, Viennois (noun)

Descendants

→ English: Vienne

Etymology 3

Possibly from *vig-, with a pre-Celtic suffix -ara (see Vienne (affluent de la Loire)#Étymologie on French Wikipedia). The department was named after the river.

Proper noun

Vienne f

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 department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Derived terms

Haute-Vienne

Descendants

→ English: Vienne

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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