サイゴン

Japanese

Alternative spellings
西貢 (obsolete) 柴棍 (obsolete)

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サイゴン

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Saigon

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Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn.

The kanji spellings 西貢, 柴棍 are considered to be ateji.^[1] However, the 柴棍 spelling is rooted in the Vietnamese etymology of the name; see Sài Gòn for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠iɡõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

サイゴン • (Saigon)

(historical) Saigon (a city in Vietnam), the former name of modern Ho Chi Minh City

References

^ “サイゴン”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[KDJ2-1] “サイゴン”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

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