Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From thành phố (“city”) + Hồ Chí Minh (first president of Vietnam).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˨˩ fo˧˦ ho˨˩ t͡ɕi˧˦ mïŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˦˩ fow˨˩˦ how˦˩ t͡ɕɪj˨˩˦ mɨn˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˨˩ fow˦˥ how˨˩ cɪj˦˥ mɨn˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Proper noun
- Ho Chi Minh City (a city in Vietnam)
Usage notes
This name is unofficially proscribed within some Vietnamese American communities, which continue to refer to the city as Sài Gòn.
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Meronyms
Descendants
- → Chinese: 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì) (calque)
- → English: Ho Chi Minh City (calque)
- → German: Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt (calque)
- → French: Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (calque)
- → Italian: città di Hồ Chí Minh (calque)
- → Japanese: ホーチミン市 (Hō Chi Min-shi) (calque)
- → Korean: 호찌민 시 (Hojjimin si) (calque)
- → Portuguese: Cidade de Ho Chi Minh (calque)
- → Russian: Хошимин (Xošimin)
- → Spanish: Ciudad Ho Chi Minh (calque)