Vienna

[vee-en-uh]

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

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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)

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.

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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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Austria's most violent gun attack in recent years took place in the heart of Vienna in November 2020.

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Brenkus grew up in Vienna, Va., and was a participant in multiple Ironman Triathlon races.

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Young lives in Vienna and has his business based in Florida.

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Adults could fatally overdose if they took a two-week supply at once, said Siegfried Kasper, a professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

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It said diplomats should have access to their nationals detained by a host nation in accordance with the Vienna Convention on consular relations.

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