さいたま

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Japanese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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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
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Etymology 2

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

References

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