sayonara

[ sahy-uh-nahr-uh; Japanese sah-yaw-nah-rah ]
/ ˌsaɪ əˈnɑr ə; Japanese ˈsɑ yɔˈnɑ rɑ /

interjection, noun

farewell; goodbye.

Origin of sayonara

1870–75; < Japanese sayō-nara, equivalent to sayō thus ( sa that + yō, earlier yaũ < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese yàng appearance) + nara if it be ( ni essive particle + ara subjunctive stem of existential v.)

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