さいたま

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さ​いたま [sáꜜìtàmà] (Atamadaka – [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) 

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

See also

• さいたま市 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Saitama (city) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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) 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, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)