Definitions for saigonsaɪˈgɒn
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Sai•gonsaɪˈgɒn(n.)
Category: Geography (places)
Ref: former name of Ho Chi Minh City
Princeton's WordNet
Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon(noun)
a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
Wiktionary
Saigon(ProperNoun)
The former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city of Viet Nam.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Saigon
capital of French Cochin-China, on the river Saigon, one of the delta streams of the Mekhong, 60 m. from the China Sea; is handsomely laid out with boulevards, &c.; has a fine palace, arsenal, botanical and zoological gardens, &c.; Cholon (40), 4 m. SW., forms a busy trading suburb, exporting rice, cotton, salt, hides, &c.
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