Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
التعريفات والمعاني
== Vietnamese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
(abbreviated) TPHCM, TP.HCM, Tp. HCM
=== Etymology ===
From thành phố (“city”) + Hồ Chí Minh (first president of Vietnam).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˨˩ fo˧˦ ho˨˩ t͡ɕi˧˦ mïŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˦˩ fow˨˩˦ how˦˩ t͡ɕɪj˨˩˦ mɨn˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˨˩ fow˦˥ how˨˩ cɪj˦˥ mɨn˧˧]
=== Proper noun ===
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Ho Chi Minh City (a city in Vietnam)
==== Usage notes ====
This name is unofficially proscribed within some Vietnamese American communities, which continue to refer to the city as Sài Gòn.
==== Synonyms ====
(Ho Chi Minh City): Sài Gòn (informal), Gia Định (historical)
==== Meronyms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Chinese: 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì) (calque)
→ English: Ho Chi Minh City (calque)
→ German: Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt (calque)
→ French: Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (calque)
→ Italian: città di Hồ Chí Minh (calque)
→ Japanese: ホーチミン市 (Hō Chi Min-shi) (calque)
→ Korean: 호찌민 시 (Hojjimin si) (calque)
→ Portuguese: Cidade de Ho Chi Minh (calque)
→ Russian: Хошимин (Xošimin)
→ Spanish: Ciudad Ho Chi Minh (calque)
=== See also ===