サイゴン
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Japanese[edit]
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 西貢 (obsolete) 柴棍 (obsolete) |
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn.
The kanji spellings 西貢, 柴棍 (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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- (historical) Saigon (a city in Vietnam), the former name of modern Ho Chi Minh City
References[edit]
- ^ “サイゴン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000