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Satsuma
[ sat-soo-muh, sat-suh-muhJapanese sah-tsoo-mah ]
noun
- a former province on S Kyushu, in SW Japan: famous for its porcelain ware.
- (lowercase) a kind of mandarin orange.
Satsuma
1/ ˈsætsʊˌmɑː /
noun
- a former province of SW Japan, on S Kyushu: famous for its porcelain
satsuma
2/ sætˈsuːmə /
noun
- a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis var. unshiu, cultivated, esp in Japan, for its edible fruit
- the fruit of this tree, which has a loose rind and easily separable segments
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Satsuma1
C19: originally from the province of Satsuma , Japan
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Example Sentences
And with that the man from Satsuma trod on him as he lay there, and spat upon him, and went away indignantly.
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But they were totally defeated by the troops of Aidzu and Satsuma, who guarded the city.
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The saddest and the gravest case, however, was that of the Satsuma war, which took place in 1877.
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There was another group of men, differing from both, namely, the partisans of the real father of the Prince of Satsuma.
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I have always understood that Satsuma and Chosiu were fierce anti-foreign clans.'
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