Meanings
proper noun
- The capital city of Laos.
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.
1978, Richard Nixon, “Vice President 1953-1960”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 122- metonymicallyThe Laotian government.
- A prefecture of Laos. Capital: Vientiane (city).
Origin
- Laoວຽງຈັນ
- FrenchVientiane
- EnglishVientiane
From French Vientiane, from Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Arabic فِيَانْتِيَان, فِيِينْتِيَان
- فِيَانْتِيَان (fiyantiyān)capital of Laos
- فِيِينْتِيَان (fiyīntiyān)capital of Laos
Basque Vientian
- Vientiancapital of Laos
Bengali ভিয়েনতিয়েন
- ভিয়েনতিয়েন (bhiẏentiẏen)capital of Laos
Bulgarian Виентя́н
- Виентя́н (Vientján)capital of Laos
Chinese Cantonese 永珍, 萬象 /万象
- 永珍capital of Laos
- 萬象 /万象 (maan⁶ zoeng⁶)capital of Laos
Chinese Mandarin 萬象 /万象, 永珍
- 萬象 /万象 (wànxiàng)capital of Laos
- 永珍 (Yǒngzhēn)capital of Laos
Czech Vientiane, Viangchan
- Vientianecapital of Laos
- Viangchancapital of Laos
Danish Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Dutch Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Esperanto Vjentiano
- Vjentianocapital of Laos
Estonian Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Finnish Vientiane, Viangchan
- Vientianecapital of Laos
- Viangchancapital of Laos
French Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
German Vientiane, Vieng Chan
- Vientianecapital of Laos
- Vieng Chancapital of Laos
Greek Βιεντιάν
- Βιεντιάν (Vientián)capital of Laos
Hebrew ויינטיאן \ וְיֶנְטְיָאן
- ויינטיאן \ וְיֶנְטְיָאן (vientian)capital of Laos
Hindi वियनतियान, वीयंगचान
- वियनतियान (viyantiyān)capital of Laos
- वीयंगचान (vīyaṅgcān)capital of Laos
Hungarian Vientián
- Vientiáncapital of Laos
Icelandic Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Indonesian Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Italian Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Japanese ヴィエンチャン, ビエンチャン
- ヴィエンチャン (Vienchan)capital of Laos
- ビエンチャン (Bienchan)capital of Laos
Korean 비엔티안
- 비엔티안 (Bientian)capital of Laos
Latvian Vjenčana
- Vjenčanacapital of Laos
Lithuanian Vientianas
- Vientianascapital of Laos
Malay Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Norwegian Bokmål Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Persian وینتیان, وینتیان
- وینتیان (ventiyân)capital of Laos
- وینتیان (viyentiyân)capital of Laos
Polish Wientian
- Wientiancapital of Laos
Portuguese Vienciana, Vientiane
- Viencianacapital of Laos
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Romanian Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Russian Вьентья́н
- Вьентья́н (Vʹjentʹján)capital of Laos
Slovak Vientian
- Vientiancapital of Laos
Spanish Vientián
- Vientiáncapital of Laos
Swedish Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Tagalog Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Tamil வியஞ்சான்
- வியஞ்சான் (viyañcāṉ)capital of Laos
Thai เวียงจันทน์
- เวียงจันทน์ (wiiang-jan)capital of Laos
Turkish Vientiane
- Vientianecapital of Laos
Ukrainian В'єнтья́н
- В'єнтья́н (Vʺjentʹján)capital of Laos
Urdu وینتیان
- وینتیان (viyantiyān)capital of Laos
Vietnamese Viêng Chăn, Vạn Tượng
- Viêng Chăncapital of Laos
- Vạn Tượngcapital of Laos
Yiddish װיענטיאַן
- װיענטיאַן (vyentyan)capital of Laos
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Vientiane
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Vientiane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vientiane
MLA
“Vientiane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vientiane. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vientiane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vientiane.
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