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Viangchan

Viangchan is the dated form of Vientiane.

Meaning of Vientiane

Proper noun

Vientiane

  1. 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
    1. (metonymically) The Laotian government.
  2. A prefecture of Laos. Capital: Vientiane (city).
  3. A province of Laos. Capital: Phonhong.

Questions about Viangchan

What is Viangchan the dated form of?
Viangchan is the dated form of Vientiane.

Words near Viangchan in the dictionary

  1. viand
  2. Vianden
  3. viander
  4. vianders
  5. viands
  6. Viangchan
  7. Vians
  8. Viar
  9. Viareggio
  10. Viars
  11. viary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Viangchan (page history and authors); Vientiane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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