SAIGON
Dictionary entry overview: What does Saigon mean? • SAIGON (noun)
The noun SAIGON has 1 sense:
1. a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
Familiarity information: SAIGON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SAIGON (noun)
Meaning:
A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Ho Chi Minh City; Saigon
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Saigon" is a part of...):
Annam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Viet Nam; Vietnam (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945)
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