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

References
  1. “サイゴン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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