See also: gia đinh and gia đình

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 嘉定.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Gia Định

  1. (historical or literary) Saigon (modern-day Ho Chi Minh City)
  2. (historical) A former province of Vietnam during the Nguyen dynasty, French Indochina, and South Vietnam, from 1832 to 1976, that surrounded Saigon.

Derived terms

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