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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city, the greatest port, and the commercial and industrial center of Vietnam. It has an airport and is the focus of the country's highways, railroads, and Mekong delta waterways.
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"Ho Chi Minh City." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ho Chi Minh City." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HoChiMinC.html "Ho Chi Minh City." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HoChiMinC.html |
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Pho H Chí Minh) Vietnam Dong Nai, Phan Yen, Gia Dinh, Saigon Renamed in 1976 after Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) (1946–69) and founder of the modern Vietnamese state; born as Nguyen Sing Cung, Ho Chi Minh was one of his many aliases. Within Cambodia for many centuries and built on the site of an ancient Khmer city, the Vietnamese only established a small trading settlement here, known as Gia Dinh, at the end of the 17th century. It was captured by the French in 1859 and renamed after the Sai Gon River on which it lies. Saigon, or Soai‐gon or Sai Con ‘kapok tree’, is said to come from the Khmer prei kor ‘forest of kapok trees’ or prei nokor ‘settlement in the forest’. The city also includes the Chinatown of Cho Lon ‘Big Market’, previously Ben Nghe ‘Landing of the Water Buffalo’, with which it became linked at the end of the 18th century. The name Ho Chi Minh has not really caught on with the public and most people still refer to the city as Saigon; the river is still called the Saigon River. It was the capital of the French Protectorate of Cochinchina in 1862–1954, of the State of Vietnam in 1949–54, and of South Vietnam in 1954–75.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ho Chi Minh City." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ho Chi Minh City." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-HoChiMinhCity.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Ho Chi Minh City." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-HoChiMinhCity.html |
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) City at the mouth of the River Saigon in the Mekong delta, s Vietnam; the largest city in Vietnam. An ancient Khmer settlement, Saigon was seized by the French in 1859 and made capital of Cochin China, then French Indochina (1887–1902). In 1954 it became capital of independent South Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, it served as military headquarters for US and South Vietnamese forces. Taken by the North Vietnamese in 1975, it was later renamed Ho Chi Minh City. It is the commercial, industrial and transport centre of Vietnam. Industries: shipbuilding, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop. (2002 est.) 3,378,500.
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"Ho Chi Minh City." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ho Chi Minh City." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-HoChiMinhCity.html "Ho Chi Minh City." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-HoChiMinhCity.html |
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Saigon
Saigon sīˈgän; ˈsīgän a city and port on the south coast of Vietnam. It was the capital of the French colony established in Vietnam in the 19th century, becoming capital of South Vietnam in the partition of 1954. The official name (since 1975) is Ho Chi Minh City.
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"Saigon." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Saigon." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-Saigon.html "Saigon." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-Saigon.html |
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Saigon
Saigon see Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam. |
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"Saigon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Saigon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Saigon.html "Saigon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Saigon.html |
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Saigon
Saigon, Vietnam See Ho Chi Minh City.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Saigon." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Saigon." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Saigon.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Saigon." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Saigon.html |
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Saigon
Saigon See Ho Chi Minh City
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"Saigon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Saigon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Saigon.html "Saigon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Saigon.html |
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Saigon
Saigon
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"Saigon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Saigon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Saigon.html "Saigon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Saigon.html |
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