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): /ˈsaɪɡɒn/, enPR: sī-gǒnʹ
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -aɪɡɒn

Proper noun

Saigon

1. (historical) Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city in Vietnam, which was the capital of the former South Vietnam.
   • 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 46:

     They met at a bar in Saigon, dated, fell in love, and, a year later, married right there in the city’s central courthouse.

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／西贡 (zh) (Xīgòng)

• Esperanto: Sajgono
• 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) (saygɔɔn)
• Korean: 사이공 (Saigong), 서공(西貢) (Seogong)
• Lao: ໄຊງ່ອນ (sai ngǭn)
• Persian: سائیگون‎ (sâ'igon), سایگون‎ (sâygon)
• Polish: Sajgon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Saigon f, Saigão f
• Russian: Сайго́н (ru) m (Sajgón)
• Spanish: Saigón (es)
• Swedish: Saigon (sv)
• Thai: ไซ่ง่อน (th) (sâi-ngɔ̂n)
• Vietnamese: Sài Gòn (vi) (柴棍)

Ho Chi Minh City — see Ho Chi Minh City

Anagrams

• Nagios, Nogais, angios, gosain, ngaios, sagoin

Japanese

Romanization

Saigon

1. Rōmaji transcription of サイゴン

Portuguese

Proper noun

Saigon f

1. Alternative form of Saigão

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saiɡon/
• Hyphenation: Sa‧i‧gon

Proper noun

Saigon m (Cyrillic spelling Саигон)

1. (uncountable) Saigon

   Synonym: Ho Ši Min

References

• “Saigon” in Hrvatski jezični portal