Saigon

American  

[sahy-gon] / saɪˈgɒn /

noun

1. former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.

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Saigon British  

/ saɪˈɡɒn /

noun

1. the former name (until 1976) of Ho Chi Minh City

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Saigon Cultural  

1. City in southern Vietnam; capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975.

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American and South Vietnamese forces were headquartered in Saigon during the Vietnam War.

A commercial, industrial, and transportation hub of Southeast Asia, Saigon enjoyed rapid growth and cultural prestige as the capital of French Indochina.

Renamed Ho Chi Minh City by the victorious Vietnamese communists in 1976.

Example Sentences

On April 30, for the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the Embassy of Sweden of Hanoi posted the documentary “Victory Vietnam” on YouTube.

From Salon

Thomas Fowler is a middle-aged British reporter living in 1950s Saigon with a young Vietnamese woman, Phuong.

From The Wall Street Journal

And if the photo editors in Saigon, scanning rolls and rolls of film from numerous photographers, attributed a single photo to Mr. Út, would he have had reason to argue that he hadn’t taken it?

From The Wall Street Journal

On the first day of our trip in Ho Chi Minh City, Jeff and I clung to each other and stepped into the river of nonstop traffic that is a Saigon intersection.

From Salon

With the fall of Saigon in late spring 1975, he is ordered by his North Vietnamese handler to follow the South Vietnamese general into exile and report back on his activities.

From The Wall Street Journal