ວຽງຈັນ

Lao

Alternative forms

• ວຽງຈັນທນ໌ (wīang chan than) — obsolete

Etymology

From ວຽງ (wīang) + ຈັນ (chan, “sandalwood”).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [ʋiːə̯ŋ˧˥.t͡ɕan˩(˧)]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [ʋiːə̯ŋ˩˨.t͡ɕan˩˨]
• Hyphenation: ວຽງ-ຈັນ
• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

ວຽງຈັນ • (wīang chan)

1. (ນະຄອນຫຼວງ~) Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)
2. (ແຂວງ~) Vientiane (a province in Laos)

Descendants

• → Chinese:

  Cantonese: 永珍 (wing⁵ zan¹)

  Mandarin: 萬象 / 万象 (Wànxiàng), 永珍 (Yǒngzhēn)

• → English: Viangchan
• → French: Vientiane
  • → Arabic: فِيَانْتِيَان (fiyāntiyān), فِيِينْتِيَان (fiyīntiyān)
  • → Czech: Vientiane
  • → English: Vientiane
  • → Finnish: Vientiane
  • → German: Vientiane
  • → Japanese: ヴィエンチャン (Vienchan)
  • → Korean: 비엔티안 (Bientian)
  • → Polish: Wientian
  • → Portuguese: Vienciana, Vientiane
  • → Russian: Вьентьян (Vʹjentʹjan)
  • → Ukrainian: В'єнтьян (Vʺjentʹjan)
• → Vietnamese: Viêng Chăn

See also

• (provinces of Laos) province of Laos; ຄຳມ່ວນ (kham mūan), ຈຳປາສັກ (cham pā sak), ສະຫວັນນະເຂດ (sa wan na khēt), ສາລະວັນ (sā la wan), ຊຽງຂວາງ (sīang khuāng), ເຊກອງ (sē kǭng), ໄຊສົມບູນ (sai som būn), ໄຊຍະບູລີ (sai nya bū lī), ບໍ່ແກ້ວ (bǭ kǣu), ບໍລິຄຳໄຊ (bǭ li kham sai), ຜົ້ງສາລີ (phong sā lī), ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan), ຫົວພັນ (hūa phan), ຫຼວງນ້ຳທາ (lūang nam thā), ຫຼວງພະບາງ (lūang pha bāng), ອັດຕະປື (ʼat ta pư̄), ອຸດົມໄຊ (ʼu dom sai) ^{(Category: lo:Provinces of Laos)}