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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

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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

Some of Saigon's worst fighting took place in Cholon, the Chinese sector and a traditional stronghold of anti-government feeling.

From Time Magazine Archive

"She bring down dry fish to sell to the poor people of Cholon."

From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.