Cholon

American  

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

noun

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

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Cholon British  

/ tʃəˈlʌn, ʃɔlɔ̃ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Whenever the heat grew too brutal, we would stop for sinh to, cool fruit shakes — orange, mango, banana, soursop, avocado — sold everywhere from the alleys of the backpacker district to market stalls in Cholon, the city’s Chinatown.

From New York Times

While taking an Uber through Cholon, Jean pointed out a trio of early 20th-century shophouses, slightly decrepit but charming still.

From New York Times

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

Besides covering the war for many years, he had to rescue his poodle, who somehow wound up in Saigon's marketplace, Cholon.

From New York Times

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