さいたま

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいたま [sáꜜìtàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ita̠ma̠]

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)

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

Etymology 2

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) Saitama (ellipsis of 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River in the Kantō Region, Japan)

[proper noun] Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (ellipsis of 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): 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

^ 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

[NHK-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

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