"埼玉" meaning in Japanese

See 埼玉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [sa̠ita̠ma̠] Forms: 埼玉 [canonical] (ruby: (さい), (たま)), Saitama [romanization]
Etymology: ⟨saki₁tama⟩ → */sakʲitama/ → /saĩtama//saĩdama/ → /saitama/ Shift from Old Japanese 埼玉 (Saki₁tama). Also read as Saidama in older texts. Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨saki₁tama⟩}} ⟨saki₁tama⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|埼玉|tr=Saki₁tama}} Old Japanese 埼玉 (Saki₁tama) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|さいたま}} 埼(さい)玉(たま) • (Saitama)
  1. a placename, such as that of:
    (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)
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical Alternative form of: 埼玉郡 (extra: (Saitama-gun): Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, Japan)) Categories (place): Historical political subdivisions, Places in Japan
    Sense id: en-埼玉-ja-name-VAQnXkwT Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 14 31 32 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 10 36 38 7 6 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 39 9 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 38 11 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 45 36 15 4
  2. a placename, such as that of:
    Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan)
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 埼玉県 (extra: (Saitama-ken): Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan)) Categories (place): Places in Japan, Prefectures of Japan, Saitama Prefecture
    Sense id: en-埼玉-ja-name-3OXZDFO1 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 14 31 32 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 10 36 38 7 6 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 39 9 7
  3. a placename, such as that of:
    Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
    Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: さいたま (extra: (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)) Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Saitama Prefecture, Places in Japan, Places in Saitama Prefecture, Saitama
    Sense id: en-埼玉-ja-name-3HKyZr2p Categories (other): Prefectural capitals of Japan
  4. a surname
    Sense id: en-埼玉-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 18 28 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: さいたま (Saitama, prefectural capital), 埼大 (Saidai) (ruby: (さい), (だい)), ダ埼玉 (Dasaitama) (ruby: (さい), (たま)) [derogatory, slang]
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      "glosses": [
        "a placename, such as that of:",
        "Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placename",
          "placename"
        ],
        [
          "さいたま",
          "さいたま#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "Saitama",
          "Saitama#English"
        ],
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "さいたま"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠ita̠ma̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "埼玉"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 埼玉 meaning in Japanese (4.4kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "埼玉"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "埼玉",
  "trace": ""
}

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