"gòn" meaning in Vietnamese

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  "etymology_text": "Unclear. The word is not Sino-Vietnamese and ⟨g/gh⟩ is also not a possible initial in Sino-Vietnamese proper, therefore the word might be either native, a vernacular Sinitic loan (either from a regional Sinitic language or is an early, pre-Middle Chinese loan), or a loan from another neighboring language. The Nôm character 棍, as with many other cases, is merely a character formed by phono-semantic matching.\nThe word might (but unlikely) be the second element in the placename Sài Gòn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cây",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bông",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "棍",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "棍"
      },
      "expansion": "gòn • (棍)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "棍",
        "cls": "cây, bông"
      },
      "expansion": "(classifier cây, bông) gòn • (棍)",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by bông",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by cây",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Mallow family plants",
          "orig": "vi:Mallow family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Malvales order plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Plants",
            "Trees",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Trees",
          "orig": "vi:Trees",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ceiba"
      ],
      "id": "en-gòn-vi-noun-xR3Jl-0a",
      "links": [
        [
          "ceiba",
          "ceiba"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bông gòn"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by bông",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by cây",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Mallow family plants",
          "orig": "vi:Mallow family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Malvales order plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Plants",
            "Trees",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Trees",
          "orig": "vi:Trees",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cotton pad"
      ],
      "id": "en-gòn-vi-noun-6Xu0UgE0",
      "links": [
        [
          "cotton",
          "cotton"
        ],
        [
          "pad",
          "pad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) cotton pad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɣɔn˨˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɣɔŋ˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɣɔŋ˨˩]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gòn"
}

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    "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vietnamese lemmas",
    "Vietnamese nouns",
    "Vietnamese nouns classified by bông",
    "Vietnamese nouns classified by cây",
    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "vi:Mallow family plants",
    "vi:Trees"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unclear. The word is not Sino-Vietnamese and ⟨g/gh⟩ is also not a possible initial in Sino-Vietnamese proper, therefore the word might be either native, a vernacular Sinitic loan (either from a regional Sinitic language or is an early, pre-Middle Chinese loan), or a loan from another neighboring language. The Nôm character 棍, as with many other cases, is merely a character formed by phono-semantic matching.\nThe word might (but unlikely) be the second element in the placename Sài Gòn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cây",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bông",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "棍",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "棍"
      },
      "expansion": "gòn • (棍)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "棍",
        "cls": "cây, bông"
      },
      "expansion": "(classifier cây, bông) gòn • (棍)",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ceiba"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ceiba",
          "ceiba"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bông gòn"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cotton pad"
      ],
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        [
          "cotton",
          "cotton"
        ],
        [
          "pad",
          "pad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) cotton pad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɣɔn˨˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɣɔŋ˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɣɔŋ˨˩]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gòn"
}