Vienna

American  

[vee-en-uh] / viˈɛn ə /

noun

1. German Wien.  a port in and the capital of Austria, in the NE part, on the Danube.

2. a city in NE Virginia.

3. a town in W West Virginia.

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Vienna British  

/ vɪˈɛnə /

noun

1. Latin name: Vindobona.  German name: Wien.  the capital and the smallest state of Austria, in the northeast on the River Danube: seat of the Hapsburgs (1278-1918); residence of the Holy Roman Emperor (1558–1806); withstood sieges by Turks in 1529 and 1683; political and cultural centre in the 18th and 19th centuries, having associations with many composers; university (1365). Pop: 1 590 242 (2003 est). Area: 1075 sq km (415 sq miles)

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Vienna Cultural  

1. Capital of Austria and largest city in the country, located in northeastern Austria on the south bank of the Danube River; Austria's leading cultural, economic, and political center.

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It is the home of composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Johann Strauss, the Younger.

During World War II, German troops occupied the city. It was badly damaged by bombing by the Allies, who controlled the city from 1945 to 1955.

Vienna was the capital of the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire under the Hapsburgs, who ruled from 1278 to 1918.

Example Sentences

His other first-place finishes came in the 2019 Houston Marathon, the 2017 Vienna Street Race and the 2019 and 2025 Ottawa Race Weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Baby Vienna was born during their time in France, and she was just nine months old when the ordeal started in January.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

"The findings highlight how assumptions about livestock intelligence may reflect gaps in observation rather than genuine cognitive limits," says Alice Auersperg, a cognitive biologist at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Have you always wanted to see Vienna or take a European cruise?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

The photograph of Pappachi in Vienna, with his hair slicked down, was reframed and put up in the drawing room.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy