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Saigon

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Sai·gon  (s-gn)
See Ho Chi Minh City.
Saigon [saɪˈgɒn]
n
(Placename) the former name (until 1976) of Ho Chi Minh City
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Saigon - a city in South VietnamSaigon - a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
Ho Chi Minh City
Annam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam - a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
Translations
Saigon [saɪˈgɒn] N → Saigón m
Saigon [saɪˈgɒn] n → Saigon
Saigon [saɪˈgɒn] n → Saigon f
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