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.

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Vienna currently has 168 publicly managed toilet facilities, 139 of which are free to use.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

"Humans are really good at picking up small details on the face, and so are dogs," says first author Raúl Hernández-Pérez from the University of Vienna.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

"It controls us having motivation to do things - wanting to do things," explained Laura Cuaya, one of the study's lead researchers at the University of Vienna.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Writing about 19th-century Vienna, Schnitzler had a lot of wise observations about the creative life in places such as New York today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

An Austrian, the son of Sigmund Freud’s family physician, he had been, at age seven, the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Conservatory.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown