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Vienna

English

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Etymology

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From Italian and Medieval Latin Vienna, from German Wien, Middle High German Wienne, and Old High German Wienna, probably from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”) or *weidus (“wild”) via unattested Vulgar Latin *Vedunia. Doublet of Wien.

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  • (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

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Vienna

  2. The capital and largest city of Austria.
    Synonym: Wien
    • 1889, Humboldt library of science, number 113, page 13:
      From several magnets combined von Hellenbach and Gessmann in Vienna constructed considerably stronger hypnoscopes, through which 66 per cent. of those examined showed the above mentioned sensitiveness […]
    • 2007 July 8, Christopher Gray, “Beyond Decay, a Fantastical Three-Story Concoction”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      He designed several remarkable buildings in and around Vienna, like the factory for the Zacherl family’s insecticide business, a striking polychromed brick building with pointed arches, minarets and a dome, explicitly Islamic in style.
    1. A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.
  3. A locale in the United States.
    1. A town in Virginia.
    2. A city in West Virginia.
    3. A town in New York.
    4. A city, the county seat of Dooly County, Georgia.
    5. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Illinois.
    6. A town in Wisconsin.
    7. A town in Maine.
    8. A city, the county seat of Maries County, Missouri.
    9. A town in Louisiana.
    10. A town in Maryland.
    11. A town in Ohio.
    12. A town in South Dakota.
    13. An unincorporated community in Alabama.
    14. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
    15. An unincorporated community in Michigan.
    16. An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
  4. A female given name.

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states of Austriaedit

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Italian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvjɛn.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnna
  • Hyphenation: Vièn‧na

Proper noun

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Vienna f

  1. Vienna (the capital city of Austria)
  2. Vienna (a state of Austria)

Derived terms

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See also

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states of Austria: stati dell'Austriaedit

References

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  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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Romanization

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Vienna

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ヴィエンナ

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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Vienna f sg (genitive Viennae); first declension

  1. a city of the Allobroges in Gallia Narbonensis, now Vienne
Declension
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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Vienna
genitive Viennae
dative Viennae
accusative Viennam
ablative Viennā
vocative Vienna
locative Viennae
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Etymology 2

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Of disputed origin. Possibly from Vindobona,[2] or from a Celtic word *Vedunia (“forest stream”), for which compare Proto-Celtic *widus (“woodland”).[3]

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Vienna f sg (genitive Viennae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, 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
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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Vienna
genitive Viennae
dative Viennae
accusative Viennam
ablative Viennā
vocative Vienna
locative Viennae
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References

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  • “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.
  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Natascha Scott-Stokes, Rainer Eisenschmid: Vienna, p. 23
  3. ^ 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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Proper noun

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Vienna f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Viena.
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