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Saigon

//ˈsaɪɡɒn// name, slang

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

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

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn.

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