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 may be rooted in the Vietnamese etymology of the name; see the Etymology section on Wikipedia 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, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN