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  Satsuma

  noun

  a former province on S Kyushu, in SW Japan: famous for its porcelain ware.
• satsuma
  satsuma

  noun

  a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis var. unshiu, cultivated, esp in Japan, for its edible fruit

Satsuma

American  

[sat-soo-muh, sat-suh-muh, sah-tsoo-mah] / sætˈsu mə, ˈsæt sə mə, ˈsɑ tsʊˌmɑ /

noun

1. a former province on S Kyushu, in SW Japan: famous for its porcelain ware.

2. (lowercase) a kind of mandarin orange.

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satsuma ¹ British  

/ sætˈsuːmə /

noun

1. a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis var. unshiu, cultivated, esp in Japan, for its edible fruit

2. the fruit of this tree, which has a loose rind and easily separable segments

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Satsuma ² British  

/ ˈsætsʊˌmɑː /

noun

1. a former province of SW Japan, on S Kyushu: famous for its porcelain

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Etymology

Origin of satsuma

C19: originally from the province of Satsuma , Japan

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Example Sentences

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Wednesday, when officers responded to the 5600 block of Satsuma Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

A Bristol film school, Boom Satsuma is reusing some of the items.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Stringer, a former deputy sheriff and former chief of the Satsuma Police Department, said the database was a major factor in his decision to sponsor the bill.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

All three of these aspects of Japanese psychology formed the crux of that Tom Cruise film of 2003, “The Last Samurai,” a romanticized version of the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2015

Satsuma and Chosiu being so disposed, all others had to follow their examples.

From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Baron Kencho Suyematsu

Jane Hunt, Conservative MP for Loughborough in Leicestershire, had "very few" symptoms before a tumour the size of a satsuma was discovered during a colonoscopy in July.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024

The satsuma or tangerine peels don’t have to be done this way.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2023

When it comes to service, the attractive, attentive waitstaff can deftly expound on satsuma and other unfamiliar ingredients without resorting to their Moleskin notes.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

Several small fruit trees will add beauty and fruit to the garden including kumquats, bearss limes, meyer lemons, satsuma tangerines, pineapple guavas and Buddha’s hand citrus.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2022

I expected another satsuma to be thrown or another oath to be hurled.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

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