Gia Định
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 嘉定.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaː˧˧ ʔɗïŋ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jaː˧˧ ʔɗɨn˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [jaː˧˧ ʔɗɨn˨˩˨]
Proper noun
edit- (historical or literary) Saigon (modern-day Ho Chi Minh City)
- (historical) A former province of Vietnam during the Nguyen dynasty, French Indochina, and South Vietnam, from 1832 to 1976, that surrounded Saigon.