Associations to the word «Saigon»

Wiktionary

SAIGON, proper noun. (historical) Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city in Vietnam.
SAIGON CINNAMON, noun. A tree of the species Cinnamomum loureiroi
SAIGON CINNAMON, noun. Its bark, when distinguished from true cinnamon (C. verum)

Dictionary definition

SAIGON, noun. A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats