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Saigon
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Saigón Saïgon Sai Gon Sài Gòn
English
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Alternative forms
en Sài Gòn Sai Gon
Etymology
en :bor vi:Sài Gòn + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈsaɪɡɒn/ RP
en aɪɡɒn 2
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Saigon.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q1854en historical or informal en The former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the <<largest city>> in <<c/Vietnam>> ; former capital c/South Vietnam.
en 26 Apr 2000 Walter A. McDougall Who Were We in Vietnam? https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/26/opinion/who-were-we-in-vietnam.html w:The New York Times 3 Aug. 2008 But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150527141009/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/26/opinion/who-were-we-in-vietnam.html
en 2019 w:Ocean Vuong w:On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Jonathan Cape 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.
en Q135026770 en ward city/Ho Chi Minh City c/Vietnam.
Derived terms
en Saigoneer Saigonese Little Saigon Saigon cinnamon
Translations
former name of Ho Chi Minh City
Arabic: ar سَايْغُون m sayḡūn
Bulgarian: bg Сайго́н m
Burmese: my ဆိုင်ဂုံ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西貢 Xīgòng
Esperanto: eo Sajgono
German: de Saigon n
Greek: el Σαϊγκόν
Hindi: hi साइगॉन
Japanese: ja サイゴン Saigon, ja 西貢 さいごん, Saigon
Khmer: km ព្រៃនគរ, km សៃហ្គន
Korean: ko ^사이공, ko ^서공(西貢)
Lao: lo ໄຊງ່ອນ
Marathi: mr सायगॉन
Persian: fa سائیگون sâ'igon, fa سایگون sâygon
Polish: pl Sajgon m
Portuguese: pt Saigon f, pt Saigão f
Russian: ru Сайго́н m
Spanish: es Saigón
Swedish: sv Saigon
Thai: th ไซ่ง่อน
Vietnamese: vi Sài Gòn (vi 柴棍)
Ho Chi Minh City
See also
en Sai Kung
Anagrams
en aginos Nagios Nogais angios gosain ngaios sagoin
German
Etymology
de :bor vi:Sài Gòn
Borrowed from de vi Sài Gòn.
Pronunciation
de /zaɪ̯ˈɡɔn/ /ˈzaɪ̯ɡɔn/
de De-Saigon.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Saigon2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ɔn 2
de Sai gon
Proper noun
toponym
de Saigon Q1854
Synonyms
Saigon de Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt, de Prei Nokor historical
Japanese
Romanization
サイゴン
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt Saigão: pt Saigon Q1854
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
sh /saiɡon/
sh Sa i gon
Proper noun
m-in
sh Saigon Q1854
sh Ho Ši Min
References
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