サイゴン

Japanese

Alternative spellings
西貢 (obsolete)
柴棍 (obsolete)

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) 

  1. (historical or informal) Saigon (the former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam; the former capital of South Vietnam)

References

  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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