サイゴン

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
西貢 (obsolete)
柴棍 (obsolete)
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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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サイゴン • (Saigon) 

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

References

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  1. ^ “サイゴン”, in 日本国語大辞典‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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