Vientiane

English

Etymology

From French Vientiane, from Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˌɛntiˈɑːn/, /ˌvjɛnˈtjɑːn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

Vientiane

2. The capital city of Laos.
   • 1978, Richard Nixon, “Vice President 1953-1960”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎^[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 122:

     From Saigon we flew to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, where I had a long meeting with Prince Souvanna Phouma, a young, Paris-educated member of the Laotian ruling family, who was then Prime Minister.

3. A prefecture of Laos. Capital: Vientiane (city).
4. A province of Laos. Capital: Phonhong.

Translations

capital of Laos

• Afrikaans: Vientiane
• Albanian: Vientiane
• Amharic: ቭየንትዬን (vəyäntəyen)
• Arabic: فِيَانْتِيَان f (fiyantiyān), فِيِينْتِيَان (fiyīntiyān)
• Armenian: Վիենտյան (Vientyan)
• Azerbaijani: Vyentyan
• Banjarese: Wiangcan
• Basque: Vientian
• Belarusian: Віенцья́н m (Vijencʹján)
• Bengali: ভিয়েনতিয়েন (bn) (bhiẏentiẏen)
• Bulgarian: Виентя́н m (Vientján)
• Burmese: ဗီယင်ကျန်း (biyangkyan:)
• Chechen: Вьентьян (Vʲentjan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 永珍 (wing⁵ zan¹)

  Mandarin: 萬象／万象 (zh) (wànxiàng), 永珍 (zh) (Yǒngzhēn) (Taiwan)

• Chuvash: Вьентьян (Vʹentʹjan)
• Czech: Vientiane n, Viangchan m
• Danish: Vientiane n
• Dutch: Vientiane n
• Esperanto: Vjentiano (eo)
• Estonian: Vientiane (et)
• Finnish: Vientiane, Viangchan
• French: Vientiane (fr) f
• Galician: Vientiane (gl)
• Georgian: ვიენტიანი (ka) (vienṭiani)
• German: Vientiane (de) n, Vieng Chan n
• Greek: Βιεντιάν (el) f (Vientián)
• Hebrew: ויינטיאן \ וְיֶנְטְיָאן f (vientian)
• Hindi: विनतिएन m (vintien), व्यिंचन m (vyiñcan), वियेनतियेन m (viyentiyen)
• Hungarian: Vientián (hu)
• Icelandic: Vientiane
• Indonesian: Vientiane
• Italian: Vientiane (it)
• Japanese: ヴィエンチャン (Vienchan), ビエンチャン (Bienchan)
• Javanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kannada: ವಿಯೆನ್ ಟಿಯೇನ್ (viyen ṭiyēn)
• Kazakh: Вьентьян (Ventän)
• Khmer: វៀងច័ន្ទន៍ (viəngcan)
• Korean: 비엔티안 (ko) (Bientian)
• Kyrgyz: Вьентьян (Vyentyan)
• Lao: ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan), ຈັນ (chan)
• Latvian: Vjenčana f
• Lithuanian: Vientianas m
• Lü: ᦵᦞᧂᦶᦈᧃ (vengṫsaen)
• Macedonian: Виентијан m (Vientijan)
• Malagasy: Vientiane
• Malay: Vientiane
• Malayalam: വിയന്റിയൻ (viyanṟiyaṉ)
• Mon: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Вьентьян (Vʹjentʹjan)

• Navajo: Biʼang Chang
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Vientiane n

• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Ossetian: Вьентьян (Vʹentʹjan)
• Pa'o Karen: ဝေင်ꩻဗီယန်ထျန်း
• Pashto: وېنتيان m (wientyān)
• Persian: وینتیان (ventiyân), وینتیان (viyentiyân)
• Polish: Wientian (pl) m
• Portuguese: Vienciana f (Portugal), Vientiane (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Vientiane (ro)
• Russian: Вьентья́н (ru) m (Vʹjentʹján)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вијентијан m

  Roman: Vientiane m, Vijentijan m

• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: Vientian m
• Slovene: Vientiane m
• Spanish: Vientián (es) m
• Swedish: Vientiane (sv) n
• Tagalog: Vientiane
• Tajik: Вентян (Vyentyan), Вйентян (Vyentyan), Виентян (Viyentyan)
• Tamil: வியஞ்சான் (viyañcāṉ)
• Tatar: Вьентьян (W’yent’yan)
• Thai: เวียงจันทน์ (th) (wiiang-jan)
• Tibetan: ཝིན་ཆིའང (win chi'ang)
• Turkish: Vientiane (tr)
• Turkmen: Wýentýan
• Ukrainian: В'єнтья́н m (Vʺjentʹján)
• Urdu: وینتیان m (viyantiyān)
• Uyghur: ۋېنتيان (wëntyan)
• Uzbek: Ventyan
• Vietnamese: Viêng Chăn, Vạn Tượng (vi) (萬象)
• Yiddish: װיענטיאַן n (vyentyan)
• Zhuang: Fanhyiengh

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Vientiane

1. Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)

Related terms

• Vientiaan
• Vientiaans

Czech

Alternative forms

• Viangchan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvjɛntjan]

Proper noun

Vientiane n (related adjective vientianský)

1. Vientiane (the capital of Laos)

Declension

Declension of Vientiane (sg-only hard neuter (declined as masculine inanimate) foreign)

	singular
nominative	Vientiane
genitive	Vientianu
dative	Vientianu
accusative	Vientiane
vocative	Vientiane
locative	Vientianu
instrumental	Vientianem

Further reading

• “Vientiane”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Alternative forms

• Viangchan

Etymology

From French Vientiane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋie̯ntiɑne/, [ˈʋie̞̯n̪t̪iˌɑ̝ne̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑne
• Hyphenation^(key): Vien‧tia‧ne

Proper noun

Vientiane

1. Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)

Usage notes

See usage notes for Viangchan

Declension

Inflection of Vientiane (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Vientiane	—
genitive		Vientianen	—
partitive		Vientianea	—
illative		Vientianeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Vientiane	—
accusative	nom.	Vientiane	—
	gen.	Vientianen
genitive		Vientianen	—
partitive		Vientianea	—
inessive		Vientianessa	—
elative		Vientianesta	—
illative		Vientianeen	—
adessive		Vientianella	—
ablative		Vientianelta	—
allative		Vientianelle	—
essive		Vientianena	—
translative		Vientianeksi	—
abessive		Vientianetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Vientiane (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vientianeni — accusative nom. Vientianeni — gen. Vientianeni genitive Vientianeni — partitive Vientianeani — inessive Vientianessani — elative Vientianestani — illative Vientianeeni — adessive Vientianellani — ablative Vientianeltani — allative Vientianelleni — essive Vientianenani — translative Vientianekseni — abessive Vientianettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Vientianesi — accusative nom. Vientianesi — gen. Vientianesi genitive Vientianesi — partitive Vientianeasi — inessive Vientianessasi — elative Vientianestasi — illative Vientianeesi — adessive Vientianellasi — ablative Vientianeltasi — allative Vientianellesi — essive Vientianenasi — translative Vientianeksesi — abessive Vientianettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vientianemme — accusative nom. Vientianemme — gen. Vientianemme genitive Vientianemme — partitive Vientianeamme — inessive Vientianessamme — elative Vientianestamme — illative Vientianeemme — adessive Vientianellamme — ablative Vientianeltamme — allative Vientianellemme — essive Vientianenamme — translative Vientianeksemme — abessive Vientianettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Vientianenne — accusative nom. Vientianenne — gen. Vientianenne genitive Vientianenne — partitive Vientianeanne — inessive Vientianessanne — elative Vientianestanne — illative Vientianeenne — adessive Vientianellanne — ablative Vientianeltanne — allative Vientianellenne — essive Vientianenanne — translative Vientianeksenne — abessive Vientianettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Vientianensa — accusative nom. Vientianensa — gen. Vientianensa genitive Vientianensa — partitive Vientianeaan Vientianeansa — inessive Vientianessaan Vientianessansa — elative Vientianestaan Vientianestansa — illative Vientianeensa — adessive Vientianellaan Vientianellansa — ablative Vientianeltaan Vientianeltansa — allative Vientianelleen Vientianellensa — essive Vientianenaan Vientianenansa — translative Vientianekseen Vientianeksensa — abessive Vientianettaan Vientianettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• vientianelainen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛ̃.tjan/

Proper noun

Vientiane f

1. Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)

Descendants

• → 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)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ẽ.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃.ni/ [vɪ.ẽ.t͡ʃɪˈɐ̃.ni], (faster pronunciation) /vjẽˈt͡ʃjɐ̃.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ẽ.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃.ni/ [vɪ.ẽ.t͡ʃɪˈɐ̃.ni], (faster pronunciation) /vjẽˈt͡ʃjɐ̃.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ẽ.t͡ʃiˈɐ.ne/ [vɪ.ẽ.t͡ʃɪˈɐ.ne], (faster pronunciation) /vjẽˈt͡ʃjɐ.ne/

Proper noun

Vientiane f

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of Vienciana