Definition of Saigon

1. Noun. A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina.

Exact synonyms: Ho Chi Minh City
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Annam, Socialist Republic Of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam

Definition of Saigon

1. Proper noun. The former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city of Viet Nam. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saigon

Sahelians
Sahelo-
Sahidic
Sahiwal
Sahiwals
Sahos
Sahrawi
Sahrawis
Sahul
Said
Saida
Saidi Arabic
Saidpur
Saiga tatarica
Saigon (current term)
Saigon cinnamon
Saikat
Saiko-komon
Sailesh
Saimaa ringed seal
Saimaa ringed seals
Saimiri sciureus
Saint
Saint's triad
Saint-Bernard's-lily
Saint-Denis
Saint-Domingue
Saint-John's-bread
Saint-Louis

Literary usage of Saigon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In addition to the military hospital at Saigon, the former have opened numerous orphanages and hospitals for lepers (eg at Hue) ; the latter have been ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Saigon, the capital of French Cochin China, occupies an area of 1000 acres, on the right bank of the Saigon river or Don-nai (one of the streams that ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Saigon, or Saigon, a city of Further India, capital of French Cochin China, ... The river Mekong communicates with the Saigon by a canal. ..."

4. The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations by Samuel Wells Williams (1863)
"«r- PORT OF Saigon. THE conquest of part of the kingdom of Annam by the French, and opening of the port of Saigon by their authorities, are so recent that ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"The performances of the Saigon Dock are in every way most satisfactory. It has lifted, high and dry out of the water, the 70-gun frigate ..."

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