さいたま

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From 埼玉 (Saitama, “Saitama Prefecture”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “When, why, etc. was the city renamed in hiragana?”)

Proper noun

さいたま • (Saitama) 

  1. short for さいたま市 (Saitama-shi): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of さいたま – see the following entry.
【埼玉】
a placename, such as that of:
(historical) Saitama (ellipsis of 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River in the Kantō Region, Japan)
Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (ellipsis of 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): a prefecture of Japan)
alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
a surname
(This term, さいたま (saitama), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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