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SAIGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saigon mean? 

SAIGON (noun)
  The noun SAIGON has 1 sense:

1. a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochinaplay

  Familiarity information: SAIGON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAIGON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Ho Chi Minh City; Saigon

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Saigon" is a part of...):

Annam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Viet Nam; Vietnam (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945)


 Context examples 


Saigon cinnamon bark oil is used primarily in aromatherapy.

(Cinnamomum loureirii Bark Extract, NCI Thesaurus)



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