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dien bien

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
di-en -bi-en
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam.

Etymology

From French Diên Biên, from Vietnamese Điện Biên, from 奠邊 (Chinese 奠邊 /奠边 (Diànbiān)), from 奠 (Chinese 奠) + 邊 (Chinese 邊 /边 (biān)) Literally, “stable frontier”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Dienbien (alternative)

Phrases

Dien Bien Phu

Frequently Paired Words

Dien Bien Phu

Synonyms

Dienbien Province Dien Bien Province Province of Dienbien Province of Dien Bien

Questions

What does dien bien mean?
A province of Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam.
Where does dien bien come from?
It is traced to French.

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