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Etymology

From Italian and Medieval Latin Vienna, from German Wien, Middle High German Wienne, and Old High German Wienna, probably from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”) or *weidus (“wild”) via unattested Vulgar Latin *Vedunia. Doublet of Wien.

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  • (places in Austria, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia):
  • (places in Georgia, Maine, New York, South Dakota):
  • (city in Illinois):
  • (city in Missouri):
  • (community in Alabama):
  • Rhymes: -ɛnə

Proper noun

Vienna

  2. The capital and largest city of Austria.
    Synonym: Wien
    • 1889, Humboldt library of science, number 113, page 13:
      From several magnets combined von Hellenbach and Gessmann in Vienna constructed considerably stronger hypnoscopes, through which 66 per cent. of those examined showed the above mentioned sensitiveness […]
    • 2007 July 8, Christopher Gray, “Beyond Decay, a Fantastical Three-Story Concoction”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 29 August 2021:
      He designed several remarkable buildings in and around Vienna, like the factory for the Zacherl family’s insecticide business, a striking polychromed brick building with pointed arches, minarets and a dome, explicitly Islamic in style.
    • 2020 November 26, Philip Oltermann in Berlin, “Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 15 January 2021:
      Located 260km (161 miles) west of Vienna, Fucking has in recent years become a popular stop-off point for tourists, particularly from English-speaking countries, who snap pictures of themselves by the signposts at the entrance and exit to the village and post them on social media.
    1. A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.
  3. A locale in the United States.
    1. A town in Virginia.
    2. A city in West Virginia.
    3. A town in New York.
    4. A city, the county seat of Dooly County, Georgia.
    5. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Illinois.
    6. A town in Wisconsin.
    7. A town in Maine.
    8. A city, the county seat of Maries County, Missouri.
    9. A town in Louisiana.
    10. A town in Maryland.
    11. A town in Ohio.
    12. A town in South Dakota.
    13. An unincorporated community in Alabama.
    14. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
    15. An unincorporated community in Michigan.
    16. An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
  4. A female given name.

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