saigon
/ˈsaɪɡɒn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam; the former capital of South Vietnam.
Informal
name
A ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Example Sentences
- "But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead."
- "They met at a bar in Saigon, dated, fell in love, and, a year later, married right there in the city’s central courthouse."
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈsaɪɡɒn/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Sài Gòn (alternative)
Sai Gon (alternative)