VIENTIANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vientiane mean? 

• VIENTIANE (noun)
  The noun VIENTIANE has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city of Laos

  Familiarity information: VIENTIANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIENTIANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Laos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Laos; Laotian capital; Vientiane

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Vientiane" is a part of...):

Lao People's Democratic Republic; Laos (a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949)