Etymograph

English

Vang Vieng

Vang Vieng comes from Lao ^ວັງວຽງ.

  1. Laomodern^ວັງວຽງWang wīang
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentVang Vieng
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2024same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Laomodern^ວັງວຽງWang wīang
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentVang Vieng
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2024same form

Earliest quotation: 2024, Adeshola Ore, Kate Lamb: “Vang Vieng is an unlikely party hub. Surrounded by…”

Today it means

name A city in Vientiane Province, Laos.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Lao ^ວັງວຽງ / Vang Vieng