さいたま
Japanese
Etymology 1
From 埼玉 (Saitama, “Saitama Prefecture”).
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Proper noun
さいたま • (Saitama)
- 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. | ||
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(This term, さいたま, 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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