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Definition 2024

Saigon

Saigon

See also: Saigón, Saïgon, Sai Gon, and Sài Gòn

English

Alternative forms

Sài Gòn, Sai Gon

Proper noun

Saigon

(historical) Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city in Vietnam.

Synonyms

(Ho Chi Minh City): Ho Chi Minh City, Prey Nokor (historical)

Translations

former name of Ho Chi Minh City

Arabic: سَايْغُون m ‎(sayḡūn)
Burmese: ဆုိင္‌ဂ ‎(saĩgoũ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西貢 (zh), 西贡 (zh) ‎(Xīgòng)
Greek: Σαϊγκόν ‎(Saïnkón)
Hindi: साइगॉन ‎(sā'igon)
Japanese: サイゴン ‎(Saigon), 西貢 ‎(さいごん, Saigon)

Khmer: ព្រៃនគរ (km) ‎(bprēī nokor), សៃហ្គន (km) ‎(say gon)
Korean: 사이공 ‎(Saigong), 서공 ‎(Seogong) (西貢)
Lao: ໄຊງ່ອນ ‎(sai ngǭn)
Persian: سائیگون ‎(Sâigon), سایگون ‎(Sâygon)
Portuguese: Saigon f, Saigão f
Russian: Сайго́н m ‎(Sajgón)
Thai: ไซ่ง่อน (th) ‎(sâi-ngôn)
Vietnamese: Sài Gòn (vi) (西貢)

Ho Chi Minh City — see Ho Chi Minh City

Anagrams

Portuguese

Proper noun

Saigon f

Alternative form of Saigão

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saiɡon/
Hyphenation: Sa‧i‧gon

Proper noun

Saigon m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Саигон)

(uncountable) Saigon

Synonyms

Ho Ši Min

References

“Saigon” in Hrvatski jezični portal