See Sài Gòn on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Uncertain.\nThe original toponym behind Sài Gòn, was attested earliest as 柴棍, with two phonograms whose Sino-Vietnamese readings are sài and côn respectively, in Lê Quý Đôn's Phủ biên tạp lục (撫邊雜錄 \"Miscellaneous Chronicles of the Pacified Frontier\", c. 1776), wherein Lê relates that, in 1674, Cambodian prince Ang Sor was installed as king over 高綿 (Cao Miên) and his brother Ang Nan as vice-king in 柴棍 (Sài Gòn) by Vietnamese forces.\n柴棍 also appears later in Trịnh Hoài Đức's Gia Định thành thông chí (嘉定城通志 \"Comprehensive Records about the Gia Định Citadel\", c. 1820), Nam quốc địa dư giáo khoa thư (南國地輿教科書 \"Textbook on the Geography of the Southern Country\", 1908), etc.\nAdrien Launay cites 1747 documents containing the toponyms: provincia Rai-gon (for Sài Gòn \"Saigon\"), Rai-gon thong (for *Sài Gòn thượng \"Upper Saigon\"), & Rai-gon-ha (for *Sài Gòn hạ \"Lower Saigon\").\nIt is probably a transcription of Khmer ព្រៃនគរ (prɨy nɔɔnɔkɔɔ), or Khmer ព្រៃគរ (preykôr).\nThe proposal that Sài Gòn is from\nnon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 堤岸 (“embankment”, SV: đê ngạn) (e.g. by Francis Garnier, Vương Hồng Sển, Cheng Zhenghong, etc.) has been critiqued as folk-etymological (e.g. by An Chi, 2016), as:\n* (1) Garnier states that the Chinese settlement Tai-ngon or Tin-gan (i.e. 堤岸 Đê Ngạn ~ Đề Ngạn) – the Chinese name for Chợ Lớn – was found in 1778, yet the underlying toponym had possibly been known to Vietnamese as early as 1674, transcribed as 柴棍, then preserved in Phủ biên tạp lục (c. 1776);\n* (2) 堤岸 has variant form 提岸, thus suggesting that both are not originals of but instead come from Sài Gòn.",
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"english": "Advance to kill the enemies, tighten the siege!\nAdvance into Saigon, smash and crush the American foes!\nAdvancing toward Saigon, we'll sweep away all enemies.\nHeading toward the plain, we'll advance toward the metropolis.",
"ref": "1966, Lưu Hữu Phước, “Tiến về Sài Gòn [Advance Toward Saigon]”performed by Tốp ca nam Đoàn Nghệ thuật Quân khu 7 [The Male Choir of the 7th Military Region's Art Troupe]:",
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"translation": "Advance to kill the enemies, tighten the siege!\nAdvance into Saigon, smash and crush the American foes!\nAdvancing toward Saigon, we'll sweep away all enemies.\nHeading toward the plain, we'll advance toward the metropolis.",
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"ref": "2024 October 1, Sài Gòn, Facebook (post):",
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"english": "[…] Saigon (comprising Districts 1 and 3) is an area within Ho Chi Minh City, […]",
"ref": "2016 December 30, Hoàng Trọng Tín, Facebook, comment under post by Tôi là người Sài Gòn:",
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"english": "“Go have fun in Saigon” seems to be on so many Saigon locals' lips; and everyone understands that phrase, whenever it's said, as meaning going out to the center [that is] District 1 to have some fun or get some air.",
"ref": "2019 July 30, Hà Phạm, “Sài Gòn nắng mưa thất thường, đêm xuống biết đi đâu chơi? [It Rains and Shines Randomly in Saigon, Where to Have Fun at Nightfall?]”, in Kenh14.vn:",
"text": "“Ra Sài Gòn chơi” có vẻ là câu cửa miệng của rất nhiều người dân đất Sài Thành này, và khi nói đến cụm từ đó, ai cũng sẽ hiểu rằng ra ngay trung tâm Quận 1 để chơi hay hóng gió.",
"translation": "“Go have fun in Saigon” seems to be on so many Saigon locals' lips; and everyone understands that phrase, whenever it's said, as meaning going out to the center [that is] District 1 to have some fun or get some air.",
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"ref": "2025 April 12, @alex__yue, Threads (post):",
"text": "Nhà người ta: ra quận nhất chơi đi.\nNhà mình: ra Sài Gòn chơi đi.\nTừ hồi bé nhà mình đều dùng Sài Gòn để gọi quận nhất. Bây giờ thì không còn thấy ai gọi như thế nữa.",
"translation": "Other families: ‘Let's hang out in District 1!’\nMy family: ‘Let's hang out in Saigon!’\nSince my childhood, my whole family has been using \"Saigon\" to refer to District 1. Now I no longer see anyone say so anymore.",
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"etymology_text": "Uncertain.\nThe original toponym behind Sài Gòn, was attested earliest as 柴棍, with two phonograms whose Sino-Vietnamese readings are sài and côn respectively, in Lê Quý Đôn's Phủ biên tạp lục (撫邊雜錄 \"Miscellaneous Chronicles of the Pacified Frontier\", c. 1776), wherein Lê relates that, in 1674, Cambodian prince Ang Sor was installed as king over 高綿 (Cao Miên) and his brother Ang Nan as vice-king in 柴棍 (Sài Gòn) by Vietnamese forces.\n柴棍 also appears later in Trịnh Hoài Đức's Gia Định thành thông chí (嘉定城通志 \"Comprehensive Records about the Gia Định Citadel\", c. 1820), Nam quốc địa dư giáo khoa thư (南國地輿教科書 \"Textbook on the Geography of the Southern Country\", 1908), etc.\nAdrien Launay cites 1747 documents containing the toponyms: provincia Rai-gon (for Sài Gòn \"Saigon\"), Rai-gon thong (for *Sài Gòn thượng \"Upper Saigon\"), & Rai-gon-ha (for *Sài Gòn hạ \"Lower Saigon\").\nIt is probably a transcription of Khmer ព្រៃនគរ (prɨy nɔɔnɔkɔɔ), or Khmer ព្រៃគរ (preykôr).\nThe proposal that Sài Gòn is from\nnon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 堤岸 (“embankment”, SV: đê ngạn) (e.g. by Francis Garnier, Vương Hồng Sển, Cheng Zhenghong, etc.) has been critiqued as folk-etymological (e.g. by An Chi, 2016), as:\n* (1) Garnier states that the Chinese settlement Tai-ngon or Tin-gan (i.e. 堤岸 Đê Ngạn ~ Đề Ngạn) – the Chinese name for Chợ Lớn – was found in 1778, yet the underlying toponym had possibly been known to Vietnamese as early as 1674, transcribed as 柴棍, then preserved in Phủ biên tạp lục (c. 1776);\n* (2) 堤岸 has variant form 提岸, thus suggesting that both are not originals of but instead come from Sài Gòn.",
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"english": "Advance to kill the enemies, tighten the siege!\nAdvance into Saigon, smash and crush the American foes!\nAdvancing toward Saigon, we'll sweep away all enemies.\nHeading toward the plain, we'll advance toward the metropolis.",
"ref": "1966, Lưu Hữu Phước, “Tiến về Sài Gòn [Advance Toward Saigon]”performed by Tốp ca nam Đoàn Nghệ thuật Quân khu 7 [The Male Choir of the 7th Military Region's Art Troupe]:",
"text": "Tiến lên giết giặc, siết thêm chặt vòng vây!\nTiến vô Sài Gòn, đánh tan tành giặc Mỹ!\nTiến về Sài Gòn, ta quét sạch giặc thù.\nHướng về đồng bằng, ta tiến về thành đô.",
"translation": "Advance to kill the enemies, tighten the siege!\nAdvance into Saigon, smash and crush the American foes!\nAdvancing toward Saigon, we'll sweep away all enemies.\nHeading toward the plain, we'll advance toward the metropolis.",
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"english": "Go say just one phrase to show you're a true Saigoneer🤣",
"ref": "2024 October 1, Sài Gòn, Facebook (post):",
"text": "Nói 1 câu thể hiện mình là người SÀI GÒN chính gốc đi🤣",
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"(phường ～) Saigon (a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)"
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"english": "[…] Saigon (comprising Districts 1 and 3) is an area within Ho Chi Minh City, […]",
"ref": "2016 December 30, Hoàng Trọng Tín, Facebook, comment under post by Tôi là người Sài Gòn:",
"text": "[…] SG (gồm Q1 & Q3) là 1 khu vực thuộc TpHcm, […]",
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"english": "“Go have fun in Saigon” seems to be on so many Saigon locals' lips; and everyone understands that phrase, whenever it's said, as meaning going out to the center [that is] District 1 to have some fun or get some air.",
"ref": "2019 July 30, Hà Phạm, “Sài Gòn nắng mưa thất thường, đêm xuống biết đi đâu chơi? [It Rains and Shines Randomly in Saigon, Where to Have Fun at Nightfall?]”, in Kenh14.vn:",
"text": "“Ra Sài Gòn chơi” có vẻ là câu cửa miệng của rất nhiều người dân đất Sài Thành này, và khi nói đến cụm từ đó, ai cũng sẽ hiểu rằng ra ngay trung tâm Quận 1 để chơi hay hóng gió.",
"translation": "“Go have fun in Saigon” seems to be on so many Saigon locals' lips; and everyone understands that phrase, whenever it's said, as meaning going out to the center [that is] District 1 to have some fun or get some air.",
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"english": "Other families: ‘Let's hang out in District 1!’\nMy family: ‘Let's hang out in Saigon!’\nSince my childhood, my whole family has been using \"Saigon\" to refer to District 1. Now I no longer see anyone say so anymore.",
"ref": "2025 April 12, @alex__yue, Threads (post):",
"text": "Nhà người ta: ra quận nhất chơi đi.\nNhà mình: ra Sài Gòn chơi đi.\nTừ hồi bé nhà mình đều dùng Sài Gòn để gọi quận nhất. Bây giờ thì không còn thấy ai gọi như thế nữa.",
"translation": "Other families: ‘Let's hang out in District 1!’\nMy family: ‘Let's hang out in Saigon!’\nSince my childhood, my whole family has been using \"Saigon\" to refer to District 1. Now I no longer see anyone say so anymore.",
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"(informal) area comprising Ho Chi Minh City's one or more central districts, often only Saigon ward or formerly District 1"
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"Lê Quý Đôn",
"Phủ biên tạp lục",
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