Saigon

alternative Sài Gòn · alternative Sai Gon

1. historicalinformalThe former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam; the former capital of South Vietnam.

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

   2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 46

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   But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead.

   2000 April 26, Walter A. McDougall, “Who Were We in Vietnam?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, retrieved 03 Aug 2008

2. A ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.