σαγιονάρα

Borrowed from English sayonara, from Japanese さようなら (sayōnara, “farewell”, literally “if that's the way it is”) or its shorter, less traditional form さよなら (sayonara). Use for footwear comes from first seeing this footwear in the 1957 film Sayonara. Cognate with Spanish sayonara (“flip-flop, thong, jandal”).

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʝoˈna.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: σα‧γιο‧νά‧ρα

σαγιονάρα • (sagionára) f (plural σαγιονάρες)

1. (footwear) flip-flop, thong, jandal (sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour)

   Synonyms: πέδιλο (pédilo), σανδάλι (sandáli)

   Στην παραλία φοράω σαγιονάρες. ― Stin paralía foráo sagionáres. ― I wear flip-flops at the beach.