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Vienna

UK/viˈɛ.nə/ US/viˈɪ.nə/ fairly common

noun

1.

the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Red Vienna
  • Vienna coup
  • Vienna Game
  • Vienna horn
  • Vienna sausage
  • Vienna white

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