Where does “Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville” come from?
Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (French) comes from Vietnamese Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, from Vietnamese Hồ Chí Minh — Hồ Chí Minh, the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Ancestry of “Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh | — |
| 2 | Vietnamese | Hồ Chí Minh | Hồ Chí Minh, the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |