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Vienne¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Vienne, from Classical Latin Vienna, further etymology uncertain.

Doublet of Vienna.

proper noun

  1. A town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

    Similar: Vienna

Vienne²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Vienne, possibly from *vig-, with a pre-Celtic suffix -ara (see Vienne (affluent de la Loire)#Étymologie on French Wikipedia). The department was named after the river.

proper noun

  1. error lua exec A left tributary of the Loire in southwest France, flowing through the departments of Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire.
  2. error lua exec A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital and largest city: Poitiers.

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name city in Isère, France

한국어비엔
日本語ヴィエンヌ Viennu
FrançaisVienne

name river in France

FrançaisVienne

name department of France

EspañolVienne, Viena
한국어비엔주 Bien-ju
日本語ヴィエンヌ Viennu
FrançaisVienne
DeutschVienne
ItalianoVienne

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@misc{vienne_2026,
  title = {Vienne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vienne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}