Save Type Political Subdivision & Settlement Usage Japanese Scripts 埼玉(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. /saitama/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "spheric peninsula" in Japanese.
Save Type Political Subdivision & Settlement Usage Japanese Scripts 埼玉(Japanese Kanji) さいたま(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /sä.i.tä.mä/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 埼 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere". This is the name of a prefecture of, as well as a city in, Japan.