Vientiane

[ vyen-tyahn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Laos, on the Mekong River, in the NW part.

Vientiane

/ ˌvjɛntɪˈɑːn; wiːɛŋtæn /

noun

1. the administrative capital of Laos, in the south near the border with Thailand: capital of the kingdom of Vientiane from 1707 until taken by the Thais in 1827. Pop: 776 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Nestled among the mountains of northern Laos, Luang Prabang was the capital from the 14th to the 16th century before it was moved to Vientiane.

From Seattle Times

The 25-year-old was drawing tens of thousands of followers when he was attacked at a cafe in Vientiane on April 29.

From BBC

Laos’s capital, Vientiane, reached 108.5 degrees on Saturday, the hottest temperature on record.

From New York Times

It noted the "enforced disappearance" of activist Sombath Somphone, whose whereabouts remain unknown more than 10 years after he was taken into police custody in Vientiane.

From BBC

The following year, he joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Vientiane, Laos; Paris; Pretoria, South Africa, and Bogotá.

From Washington Post