Vienna

[ vee-en-uh ]

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noun

German Wien. a port in and the capital of Austria, in the NE part, on the Danube.
a city in NE Virginia.
a town in W West Virginia.

Vienna

/ vɪˈɛnə /

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) German nameWien Latin nameVindobona

Vienna

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.

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.

Shin eventually escaped North Korean captivity while in Vienna.

His harrowing escape from Vienna when Hitler took Austria in March 1938 is dramatically chronicled in his memoirs.

But if the current Vienna talks fail, then all bets are off.

As talks get underway again in Vienna, many voices are raised against them on Capitol Hill and abroad.

But for now the main channel for U.S.-Iran talks are the nuclear negotiations in Vienna, Austria.

Martini was on his mission to Vienna; but another valet was put into the chariot to support the Duke.

The ruse by which he and Lannes captured the bridge below Vienna was discreditable no doubt from the point of view of morality.

Wharton left Vienna, the morning after his separation from Louis in the garden of the chateau.

Since his return from Vienna, his manner to them, and to society at large, was completely changed.

If only India were pulling her weight for us on the same scale, we should by now be before the gates of Vienna.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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