Saigon

English

/saɪˈɡɒn/

proper noun

Definitions

(historical) Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city in Vietnam.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn.

Origin

Vietnamese

Sài Gòn

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Little Saigon English
Saigonese English
little English
Saïgon French
サイゴン Japanese
柴棍 Japanese
西貢 Japanese
ไซ่ง่อน Thai
Sài Gòn Vietnamese
西貢 Chinese
ព្រៃគរ Central Khmer