Wiang
Wiang is a Tai word for "fortified settlement" or "walled town, city" of Austroasiatic origin, from Proto-Austroasiatic *wa(a)ŋ. This toponymic element forms part of the names of certain ancient inhabited places located in an area stretching across Northern Thailand and Laos: Wiang Chan, Vientiane (Lao: ວຽງຈັນ, Viang chan), the capital of Laos Wiang, Fang, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand Wiang Kaen, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Wiang, Phrao, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand Wiang, Mueang Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Wiang, Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Wiang, Thoeng, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Wiang, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Wiang Pa Pao District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Wiang, Wiang Pa Pao Wiang Kalong Wiang, Phayao, Phayao Province, Thailand Wiang Nuea, Mueang Lampang Wiang Nuea Subdistrict, Lampang Wiang Nuea, Pai Wiang Nuea, Mae Hong Son Wiang Chai District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Wiang Chai Subdistrict Wiang Nuea, Wiang Chai Wiang Kao District, Khon Kaen Province Wiang Sa District, Nan Wiang Haeng District, Chiang Mai Province Wiang Chiang Rung District Wiang Yong, Mueang Lamphun District Wiang Tai, Pai District, Mae Hong Son Province Wiang Hao, Phan District, in Chiang Rai Province Wiang Nong Long District, Lamphun Province Wiang Phang Kham, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province Phu Wiang District, Khon Kaen Province Rop Wiang, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Wiang Kum Kam, Saraphi District, Chiang Mai Province.