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Cholon

American  
[chuh-luhn, shaw-lawn] / tʃəˈlʌn, ʃɔˈlɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, in S Vietnam.


Cholon British  
/ tʃəˈlʌn, ʃɔlɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in S Vietnam: a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Other foreigners just disappeared, like a reputed millionaire Australian who made his money in duck feathers, Keith Hyland, a trim, debonair 54, who visited his factory in the Chinese suburb of Cholon.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2018

Gallaher obtained a guitar and amp for his work in The Rotations from a shop in Cholon, where a man named Lam Hao made knockoffs, of Fenders primarily, Gallaher says.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2015

In a teeming market in the old Chinese district of Cholon, a small mob flocked around us, hands outstretched to hold her.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2010

Numerous shells landed in the Chinese section, Cholon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chief industrial establishments are those for the decortication of rice at Saigon and Cholon; they are in the hands of the Chinese, by whom most of the trade in the colony is conducted.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

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