Vienna
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian Vienna or French Vienne.
Pronunciation edit
- (places in Austria, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia):
- (places in Georgia, Maine, New York, South Dakota):
- (city Illinois):
- (city in Missouri):
- (community in Alabama):
- Rhymes: -ɛnə
Proper noun edit
Vienna
- The capital and largest city in Austria.
- A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.
- A locale in the United States.
- A town in Virginia.
- A city in West Virginia.
- A town in New York.
- A city, the county seat of Dooly County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Illinois.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- A town in Maine.
- A city, the county seat of Maries County, Missouri.
- A town in Louisiana.
- A town in Maryland.
- A town in South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
- A female given name.
Coordinate terms edit
- (states of Austria) state of Austria; Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna (Category: en:States of Austria)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
|
Further reading edit
- Vienna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Vienna (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Of disputed origin. Possibly from the Roman name, Latin Vindobona[1], or from a Celtic word *Vedunia (“forest stream”), for which compare Proto-Celtic *widus (“woodland”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vienna f
- Vienna (the capital city of Austria)
- Vienna (a state of Austria)
References edit
- ^ 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.
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
Vienna
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iˈen.na/, [u̯iˈɛnːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈen.na/, [viˈɛnːä]
Etymology 1 edit
Named after the Vienne river, of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to pursue, reach towards”). However, other roots are possible.[1]
Proper noun edit
Vienna f sg (genitive Viennae); first declension
- a city of the Allobroges in Gallia Narbonensis, now Vienne
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Vienna |
Genitive | Viennae |
Dative | Viennae |
Accusative | Viennam |
Ablative | Viennā |
Vocative | Vienna |
Locative | Viennae |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Of disputed origin. Possibly from Vindobona[2], or from a Celtic word *Vedunia (“forest stream”), for which compare Proto-Celtic *widus (“woodland”).[3]
Proper noun edit
Vienna f sg (genitive Viennae); first declension
- (medieval, New Latin) Vienna
- 1486, “Commissio propria domini regis”, in Decreta Regni Hungariae 1458-1490, Budapest, published 1989, page 267:
- ...verum etiam illum in Austria, patria scilicet sua hereditaria agentem adorsi Viennam, civitatem celebrerrimam et eius provincie caput...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Vienna |
Genitive | Viennae |
Dative | Viennae |
Accusative | Viennam |
Ablative | Viennā |
Vocative | Vienna |
Locative | Viennae |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “Vienna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vienna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 269
- ^ 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.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Vienna f
- Archaic spelling of Viena.