Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Laos, in the north-central part of the country on the Mekong River and the Thailand border. It became the capital of the French protectorate of Laos in 1899 and later the capital of independent Laos.
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- proper noun The
capital city ofLaos .
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- noun the capital and largest city of Laos
Etymologies
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VIENTIANE: The 25th Southeast Asian Games opened in Vientiane on Wednesday with powerhouse Thailand eyeing another gold rush and officials hoping for an event free from accusations of biased judging.
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Highway 13, which feeds the entire northern end of the country, started as four lanes in Vientiane but soon became a narrow road twisting into the mountains -- and then a main street and plaza for every village we passed through.
Off the Beaten Track Finn-Olaf Jones 2010
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Vientiane is growing and modernizing fast, but it is still Lao.
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Granted, compared to everywhere else in Lao, Vientiane is a crazy big city, but I am instantly relieved of any Asian-Urban-Stress here in Vientiane when I remember Saigon, Hanoi, Dhaka, Hong Kong, Kolkata …
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It is rumored that there is an ATM in Vientiane as well.
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On our last day in Vientiane, we hopped a local bus about an hour outside of town and headed for the “Buddha Park”.
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Command Headquarters in Vientiane during the early 1980's.
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Embassy in Vientiane as the two primary SIGINT operators for U.S.
Memorandum 1996
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Elzinga had not been in Vientiane long enough to get a locker for his billfold.
Alen, Henry L. 1990
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The American Embassy in Vientiane heard of the rescue plan and ordered from the highest level that no attempt be made to rescue the women.
Oppel, Lloyd D. 1990
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