Saigon

Saigon

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

English

Alternative forms

• Sài Gòn, Sai Gon

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪɡɒn/, enPR: sī-gǒnʹ

Proper noun

Saigon

1. (historical) Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city in Vietnam, which was the capital of the former South 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: ဆိုင်ဂုံ (hcuinggum) Chinese: Mandarin: 西貢／西贡 (zh) (Xīgòng) Esperanto: Sajgono Greek: Σαϊγκόν (Saïgkón) Hindi: साइगॉन (sāigŏn) Japanese: サイゴン (Saigon), 西貢 (さいごん, Saigon) Khmer: ព្រៃនគរ (km) (prɨy nɔkɔɔ), សៃហ្គន (km) (saygɔɔn) Korean: 사이공 (Saigong), 서공(西貢) (Seogong) Lao: ໄຊງ່ອນ (sai ngǭn) Persian: سائیگون‎ (sâigon), سایگون‎ (sâygon) Polish: Sajgon (pl) m Portuguese: Saigon f, Saigão f Russian: Сайго́н m (Sajgón) Spanish: Saigón (es) Swedish: Saigon (sv) Thai: ไซ่ง่อน (th) (sâi-ngɔ̂n) Vietnamese: Sài Gòn (vi) (西貢 (vi))

Ho Chi Minh City — see Ho Chi Minh City

Anagrams

• Nagios, Nogais, angios, gosain, ngaios, sagoin

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Japanese

Romanization

Saigon

1. Rōmaji transcription of サイゴン

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Saigon f

1. Alternative form of Saigão

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Saigon m (Cyrillic spelling Саигон)

1. (uncountable) Saigon

Synonyms

• Ho Ši Min

References

• “Saigon” in Hrvatski jezični portal