Saigon
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn.
Pronunciation edit
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Saigon
- (historical) Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city in Vietnam, which was the capital of the former South Vietnam.
- 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 46:
- They met at a bar in Saigon, dated, fell in love, and, a year later, married right there in the city’s central courthouse.
Synonyms edit
- (Ho Chi Minh City): Ho Chi Minh City, Prey Nokor (historical)
Translations edit
former name of Ho Chi Minh City
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Ho Chi Minh City — see Ho Chi Minh City
See also edit
Anagrams edit
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Saigon
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Saigon f
- Alternative form of Saigão
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
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Saigon m (Cyrillic spelling Саигон)
- (uncountable) Saigon
- Synonym: Ho Ši Min
References edit
- “Saigon” in Hrvatski jezični portal