埼玉

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埼玉

1. (～縣) Saitama (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)

⟨saki₁tama⟩ → */sakʲitama/ → /saĩtama//saĩdama/ → /saitama/

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Also read as Saidama in older texts.

• (Tokyo) さ​いたま [sáꜜìtàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ita̠ma̠]

埼(さい)玉(たま) • (Saitama) 

1. a placename, such as that of:
   1. (historical) Short for 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)
   2. Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan)
   3. Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname

• さいたま (Saitama, prefectural capital)
• 埼(さい)大(だい) (Saidai)
• ダ埼(さい)玉(たま) (Dasaitama, derogative slang)

• Russian: Са́йтама f (Sájtama)

• 前玉

Compound of 埼 (saki₁, “cape”) +‎ 玉 (tama, “gem, jewel”), for its fame attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).

埼玉 (Saki₁tama) (kana さきたま)

1. (historical) Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)

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