Vienne

Vienne

2. A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital and largest city: Poitiers.
4. A left tributary of the Loire in southwest France, flowing through the departments of Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire.
6. A town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

• evenin'

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]

• IPA^(key): /vjɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Vienne f

1. Vienna (the capital city and state of Austria)
2. Vienne (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
3. Vienne (a left tributary of the Loire in southwest France, flowing through the departments of Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire)
4. Vienne (a town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

• viennois
• Viennois
• Viennoise
• Haute-Vienne

• → Persian: وین (viyan)