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): /saɪˈɡɒn/

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: ဆိုင်ဂုံ (hcuinggum)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西貢 (zh), 西贡 (zh) (Xīgòng)
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) (saygɑɑn)

Korean: 사이공 (Saigong), 서공 (Seogong) (西貢)
Lao: ໄຊງ່ອນ (sai ngǭn)
Persian: سائیگون‎‎ (sâigon), سایگون‎‎ (sâygon)
Polish: Sajgon (pl) m
Portuguese: Saigon f, Saigão f
Russian: Сайго́н m (Sajgón)
Thai: ไซ่ง่อน (th) (sâi-ngɔ̂n)
Vietnamese: Sài Gòn (vi) (西貢)

Ho Chi Minh City — see Ho Chi Minh City

Anagrams

Nagios, gosain, ngaios, sagoin

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

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