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Saigon

Did you mean: Saigon (Geography), Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City (city, Vietnam), Saigon (Rap Artist, 2000s), Saigon (Lyrics - John Prine), Saigon (1948 Drama Film)

 
Geography: Saigon
(seye-gon)

City in southern Vietnam; capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975.

  • A commercial, industrial, and transportation hub of Southeast Asia, Saigon enjoyed rapid growth and cultural prestige as the capital of French Indochina.
  • American and South Vietnamese forces were headquartered in Saigon during the Vietnam War.
  • Renamed Ho Chi Minh City by the victorious Vietnamese communists in 1976.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A city in South Vietnam.

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Meaning #1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
  Synonym: Ho Chi Minh City


 
 

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