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Some residents of Hawaii speak Hawaiʻi Creole English (HCE), endonymically called pidgin or pidgin English. The lexicon of HCE derives mainly from English but also uses words that have derived from Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Ilocano and Tagalog.
Saigon is written here as 柴棍 along with other Southern Vietnamese cities. (On the left of the page, first row after "城庯三") The etymology of Saigon is uncertain. Sài Gòn 柴棍 written in Phủ biên tạp lục, a geography text written by Lê Quý Đôn. (From right to left, the second column [characters 3-4] marked by the line.)
Little Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn nhỏ or Tiểu Sài Gòn) is a name given to ethnic enclaves of expatriate Vietnamese mainly in English-speaking countries. Alternate names include Little Vietnam and Little Hanoi (mainly in historically communist nations), depending on the enclave's political history.
Saigon is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the current most populous city in Vietnam. The Sài Gòn name is still sometimes used informally in Vietnamese. Saigon may also refer to: Saigon (mango), a seedling race of mango cultivars; Saigon (rapper) (born 1977), American hip hop artist; Saigon, a 1982 novel by Anthony Grey
Should this page really be under Ho Chi Minh City - it is still far more commonly called Saigon - even by the locals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul Benjamin Austin (talk • contribs) 16:52, 27 March 2003. Ho Chi Minh City is the official and legal name, and the article ought to reflect that. I edited a reference to Ho Chi Minh as ...
Saigon – Gia Định, South Vietnam's former capital, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor. The details of Hồ 's life before he came to power in Vietnam are uncertain. He is known to have used between 50 [13]: 582 and 200 pseudonyms. [14] Information on his birth and early life is ambiguous and subject to academic debate.
Two years after the withdrawal of the last U.S. forces in 1973, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to the communists, and the South Vietnamese army surrendered in 1975. In 1976, the government of united Vietnam renamed Saigon as Hồ Chí Minh City in honor of Hồ, who died in 1969.
On 27 April 1931, a new région called Saigon–Cholon consisting of Saigon and Cholon was formed; the name Cholon was dropped after South Vietnam gained independence from France in 1955. [38] From about 256,000 in 1930, [ 39 ] Saigon's population rose to 1.2 million in 1950.