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Cholon

Meaning of "Cholon" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CHOLON

tʃəˈlʌn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHOLON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cholon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHOLON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City

Chợ Lớn ( listen) is a Chinese-influenced section of Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon). It lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, having Bình Tây Market as its central market. Cholon consists of the western half of District 5 as well as several adjoining neighborhoods in District 6. Quan Âm Pagoda, a famous Chinese temple in Cholon Cho Lon before 1975 in South Vietnam The Vietnamese name Cholon literally means "big" (lớn) "market" (chợ). The Chinese name (and original name) of Cholon is 堤岸 (pronounced Tai-Ngon in Cantonese and Dī'àn in Mandarin, which means "embankment" (French: quais). The Vietnamese reading of the Chinese name is Đê Ngạn, but this is rarely used. Vietnamese speakers exclusively use the name Chợ Lớn, while Chinese speakers (both inside Vietnam and in China) are the only users of the latter. In 1778, the Hoa (Chinese minority of Vietnam) living in Biên Hòa had to take refuge in what is now Cholon because they were retaliated against by the Tây Sơn forces for their support of the Nguyễn lords. In 1782, they were again massacred by the Tây Sơn and had to rebuild.

Definition of Cholon in the English dictionary

The definition of Cholon in the dictionary is a city in S Vietnam: a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHOLON

Falun

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHOLON

Cholula · chometz · chommie · Chomolangma · Chomolungma · chomophyte · chomp · chomper · Chomsky · Chomskyan

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHOLON

Avalon · Babylon · beauty salon · colon · eidolon · gallon · hair salon · holon · melon · Miquelon · nylon · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · salon · semicolon · sigmoid colon · Solon · spastic colon · stolon · transverse colon · triathlon

Synonyms and antonyms of Cholon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Cholon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHOLON

Find out the translation of Cholon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Cholon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Cholon» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

堤岸
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Cholon
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Cholon
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Cholon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Cholon
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

БинъТаи
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Cholon
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

Cholon
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Cholon
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cholon
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Cholon
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

チョロン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

그곳
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Cholon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Chợ Lớn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

Cholon
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चोलोन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Cholon
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Cholon
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Cholon
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Бін´Таі
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Cholon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Cholon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Cholon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Cholon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Cholon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Cholon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOLON»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHOLON»

Discover the use of Cholon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Cholon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Tet Offensive: A Concise History
THE BATTLE OF CHOLON Meanwhile, the fighting inside the capital city continued to rage. By this time, the Communist high command had introduced as many as fifteen battalions into the Saigon area. A pitched battle developed in the Phu ...
James H. Willbanks, 2013
2
Vietnam
You'll get most out of Cholon simply by losing yourself in its amorphous mass of life: amid the melee, streetside barbers clip away briskly, bird-sellers squat outside tumbledown pagodas and temples, heaving markets ring to fishwives' charter, ...
Jan Dodd, Mark Lewis, 2003
3
The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical ...
REFERENCE: Sarah K. Myers, Language Shift Among Migrants to Lima, Peru, 1973. CHOLON. The Cholon Indians are a small Amerindian group of people whose tribal homeland existed on the upper Huallaga River between Tingo Maria ...
James Stuart Olson, 1991
4
Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City
Cholon 61 of the Chinese, whose bodies were thrown into the Saigon River. Apparently there were so many bodies polluting the river that for a month nobody dared drink any of the river water or eat shrimp caught in the river. Four years later ...
Justin Corfield, 2013
5
The Population of Indochina: Some Preliminary Observations
Some Preliminary Observations Shui Meng Ng. In referring to the decrease of the population of Saigon and Cholon, Smolski attributed the decrease to under- estimation of the urban population rather than to ...
Shui Meng Ng, 1974
6
The Ethnic Chinese and Economic Development in Vietnam
Even if it was, damages were normally negligible. According to statistics prepared by the Saigon administration, in the year 1953 there were ninety-tvvo big Chinese restaurants in Saigon-Cholon, 826 eating houses, 243 tea and beer shops, ...
Khanh Tran, 1993
7
Under the Vietnam Flags
Vietnam Life in Saigon and Cholon —Ho Chi Minh Gigi Saigon and Cholon—as the local's people still call it, is reunification in 1975, now called Ho Chi Minh City the capital of South Vietnam. Saigon and Cholon City are the commercial hearts  ...
Johnny Lac, 2003
8
Days of Valor: An Inside Account of the Bloodiest Six Months ...
The Cholon section of Saigon was home to the majority of its ethnic Chinese population. The district is situated in the southwest quadrant of the city west of the twisting Saigon River. A number of major avenues crossed the through the district , ...
Robert L. Tonsetic, 2010
9
The Tet Offensive: A Brief History with Documents
Despite securing the racetrack, PLAF units mounted several counterattacks to retake the facility while the fighting continued for several more days in Cholon. Densely populated, poor, and packed with tenement housing, Cholon had been a ...
William Thomas Allison, 2010
10
Frommer's Vietnam: With Angkor Wat
Cholon Cholon is the predominately Chinese district of Saigon and probably the largest Chinatown in the world. It's a sizable district bordered by Hung Vuong to the north, Nguyen Van Cu to the east, the Ben Nghe Chanel to the south, and ...
Ron Emmons, Sherisse Pham, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHOLON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Cholon is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dispatches from Skip Gorman's AudioBlog: Flashback
With the first eight bars of that nasty steel guitar I was carried back to Cholon, the Chinese district of Saigon, in November of 1967. It was my ... «Ridgecrest Daily Independent, Jul 15»
2
Morris County Home Sales
165 Waughaw Rd from Konstanty Cholon to Robert Golabek Jr and Atyra Askar. $610,000. Wharton: 8213 Polk Dr from Elaine Howell to ... «Daily Record, Jul 15»
3
Peru President visited Marañon province
The activity took place this afternoon in the Yanajanca population center located in the Cholon district belonging to the Maranon province. «Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias, Jun 15»
4
The 22 must-see sites in HCM City
Cholon is the name of the area including Binh Tay Market, District 5 and the surrounding areas, home to the community of Chinese Vietnamese ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Jun 15»
5
Cholon's New Summer Desserts
Never has his talent been more evident than in ChoLon's new list of stunning seasonal desserts. In the past few weeks Symensma and pastry ... «5280 | The Denver Magazine, Jun 15»
6
Culinary Culture: Tender Belly Jerky, Other Retail Products Coming …
Lon Symensma, award-winning executive chef and owner of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro is one such supporter, and he continues to praise ... «303 Magazine, Jun 15»
7
Hot Plates: Bún Chả from Cho77
On Monday, Lon Symensma, chef-owner of ChoLon and Cho77, made a few tweaks to both menus, removing, for example, the conversation ... «Zagat, Jun 15»
8
Once war-torn, Vietnam now popular with Western tourists
... River remained fast-moving and exciting, especially in the large ethnic Chinese section, Cholon, which adds to the city's cosmopolitanism. «thejewishchronicle.net, Jun 15»
9
A Fish With a Snap: ChoLon's Seasonal Snapper
A seasonal dish from beginning to end, ChoLon's red snapper will be on the menu throughout the summer. Chefs Lon Symesnma and and Jeff ... «Eater, Jun 15»
10
The Highs and the Lows of Hot Spot Cho77
Cho77 is meant to be the "Brooklyn" counterpart to Symensma's "Manhattan" ChoLon Bistro. The Lucky Number 7 News: 5280's Amanda ... «Eater, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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