Ho Chi Minh City (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("Ho Chi Minh City" 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)