English
Etymology
From French Vientiane, from Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˌɛntiˈɑːn/, /ˌvjɛnˈtjɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Proper noun
Vientiane
- 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.
- A prefecture of Laos. Capital: Vientiane (city).
- 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)
- Asturian: Vientián (ast)
- 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), 萬象 / 万象 (maan6 zoeng6)
- 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 (Ventyan), 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
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Afrikaans
Proper noun
Vientiane
- Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vientiane n (relational adjective vientianský)
- Vientiane (the capital of Laos)
Declension
Declension of Vientiane (sg-only hard neuter (declined as masculine inanimate) foreign)
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singular
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| nominative
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Vientiane
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| genitive
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Vientianu
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| dative
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Vientianu
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| accusative
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Vientiane
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| vocative
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Vientiane
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| locative
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Vientianu
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| instrumental
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Vientianem
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From French Vientiane.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯ntiɑne/, [ˈʋie̞̯n̪t̪iˌɑ̝ne̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑne
- Syllabification(key): Vien‧ti‧a‧ne
- Hyphenation(key): Vien‧tia‧ne
Proper noun
Vientiane
- Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)
Usage notes
See usage notes for Viangchan
Declension
| Inflection of Vientiane (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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| nominative
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Vientiane
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—
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| genitive
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Vientianen
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—
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| partitive
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Vientianea
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| illative
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Vientianeen
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—
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Vientiane
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Vientiane
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—
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| gen.
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Vientianen
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| genitive
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Vientianen
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—
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| partitive
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Vientianea
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| inessive
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Vientianessa
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—
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| elative
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Vientianesta
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—
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| illative
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Vientianeen
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—
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| adessive
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Vientianella
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| ablative
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Vientianelta
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| allative
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Vientianelle
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—
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| essive
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Vientianena
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—
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| translative
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Vientianeksi
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| abessive
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Vientianetta
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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See the possessive forms below.
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| first-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Vientianeni
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| accusative
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nom.
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Vientianeni
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| gen.
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Vientianeni
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| genitive
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Vientianeni
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| partitive
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Vientianeani
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| inessive
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Vientianessani
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| elative
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Vientianestani
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| illative
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Vientianeeni
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| adessive
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Vientianellani
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—
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| ablative
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Vientianeltani
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| allative
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Vientianelleni
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| essive
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Vientianenani
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| translative
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Vientianekseni
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| abessive
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Vientianettani
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| second-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Vientianesi
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Vientianesi
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—
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| gen.
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Vientianesi
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| genitive
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Vientianesi
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—
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| partitive
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Vientianeasi
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| inessive
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Vientianessasi
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| elative
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Vientianestasi
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—
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| illative
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Vientianeesi
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—
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| adessive
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Vientianellasi
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—
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| ablative
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Vientianeltasi
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—
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| allative
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Vientianellesi
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—
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| essive
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Vientianenasi
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—
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| translative
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Vientianeksesi
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—
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| abessive
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Vientianettasi
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| first-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Vientianemme
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Vientianemme
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—
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| gen.
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Vientianemme
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| genitive
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Vientianemme
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| partitive
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Vientianeamme
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| inessive
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Vientianessamme
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| elative
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Vientianestamme
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| illative
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Vientianeemme
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—
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| adessive
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Vientianellamme
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—
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| ablative
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Vientianeltamme
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—
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| allative
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Vientianellemme
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| essive
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Vientianenamme
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—
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| translative
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Vientianeksemme
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| abessive
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Vientianettamme
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| second-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Vientianenne
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Vientianenne
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—
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| gen.
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Vientianenne
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| genitive
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Vientianenne
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—
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| partitive
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Vientianeanne
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—
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| inessive
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Vientianessanne
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—
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| elative
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Vientianestanne
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—
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| illative
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Vientianeenne
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—
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| adessive
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Vientianellanne
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—
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| ablative
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Vientianeltanne
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—
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| allative
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Vientianellenne
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—
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| essive
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Vientianenanne
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—
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| translative
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Vientianeksenne
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—
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| abessive
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Vientianettanne
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| third-person possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Vientianensa
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Vientianensa
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—
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| gen.
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Vientianensa
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| genitive
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Vientianensa
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—
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| partitive
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Vientianeaan
Vientianeansa
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| inessive
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Vientianessaan
Vientianessansa
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—
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| elative
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Vientianestaan
Vientianestansa
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—
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| illative
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Vientianeensa
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—
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| adessive
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Vientianellaan
Vientianellansa
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—
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| ablative
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Vientianeltaan
Vientianeltansa
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—
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| allative
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Vientianelleen
Vientianellensa
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—
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| essive
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Vientianenaan
Vientianenansa
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—
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| translative
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Vientianekseen
Vientianeksensa
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—
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| abessive
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Vientianettaan
Vientianettansa
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vientiane f
- Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)
Descendants
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
- (Brazil) alternative form of Vienciana