SAIGON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina

Synonyms:

Ho Chi Minh City; Saigon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Saigon" is a part of...):

Annam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Viet Nam; Vietnam (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945)

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