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Wiangchan

Wiangchan 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 Wiangchan

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

Words near Wiangchan in the dictionary

  1. Wi-Fis
  2. WIA
  3. WIAA
  4. Wiagdon
  5. Wiangaree
  6. Wiangchan
  7. Wiant
  8. Wiants
  9. Wiarborough
  10. Wiard
  11. Wiards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Wiangchan (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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