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) 

  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】
[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.)

References
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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