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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

Today, these size3 executives are supervising factories in Cholon or latching onto pieces of real estate in Saigon.

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