Vienne
See also: vienne
English edit
Proper noun edit
Vienne
- A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- A river in southwest France.
- A city in the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Translations edit
department of France
city in Isère, France
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
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]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vienne f
- Vienna (the capital city and state of Austria)
- Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
- Vienne (a left tributary of the Loire, in southwest France)
- Vienne (a city in the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Persian: وین (viyan)
See also edit
- (states of Austria) États d'Autriche; Basse-Autriche, Burgenland, Carinthie, Haute-Autriche, Salzbourg, Styrie, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienne (Category: fr:States 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.